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How to Rebound like Jalen Williams
J-Dub shares some “tips” on how to grab boards.
Rebounding is one of the most important skills a basketball player should have.
And it doesn’t matter how tall you are or what position you play -you need to have the fundamentals of rebounding down because if you don’t, the probability of your opponent getting a second chance to score increases significantly, and the chances of you getting a second chance decrease.
Take, for example, Game 1 of the second round between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets.
The Thunder were expected to win. They’re the first seed and had home-court advantage.
They were also leading the game by 10 points in the first half.
But the Nuggets’ mentality changed in the second half of the game, and they became more physical. They put more effort into fighting for loose balls and outrebounded their opponent 32–18 for the half (20–9 in the third quarter).
Additionally, Denver had three players grab more than 10 rebounds. Nikola Jokic was responsible for 22, Aaron Gordon had 14, and Christian Braun had 13.
The Thunder’s top rebounder was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who had 10.
