On the Warriors falling into the trap of not trapping the box against the Lakers

Forgetting a key defensive principle costs the Warriors on Christmas.

At the 10-minute mark of the fourth quarter, Brandin Podziemski found himself switched onto LeBron James after the Los Angeles Lakers ran one of their pet half-court sets (“Horns Chin”). Podziemski’s switch was prompted by the “chin” cut performed by his man (Gabe Vincent) off of James’ screen at the elbow. Draymond Green — James’ man — instructs Podziemski to switch onto James.