Yes, he was cutting vertically down the lane instead of side to side like the skills video, but he was still cutting from outside the arc to into the paint. He screens Barcello at the 3 point line, then cuts to the paint and gets checked by Haws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD0pXqAuGbI

It's a common practice to teach defensive players to defend the cutter (whether cutting laterally or vertically) to check the player and impede their progress through the paint.