Another quick hitter from the Wizards game in Game 4 to get Paul Pierce an easy layup. As the ball is brought up on the wing, Beal sets a "Rip" screen for Pierce and then comes off a double screen. Because of the shooting ability of Beal, he frees up Pierce by screening and then cutting off a double screen. See More
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With John Wall going down with an injury, the Wizards turned to Bradley Beal to be a facilitator and scorer in his absence. Wittman setup a nice set to create movement and to get Beal coming off a dribble handoff and get an open look. First Beal passes to the wing and then cuts off a UCLA screen from the big at the elbow, and then sits down in the post. The guard on the wing passes to the elbow and sets a down screen for Beal who then receives a dribble handoff from the big and looks to attack. See More
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Use four-player shell drill to teach all aspects of defensive postioning. Help defenders should follow line rules. Defensive players should jump to the pass as the ball moves. When players are one pass away they are in deny. When on the ball, influence to the appropriate checkpoint. Drill Advancement: Drive gaps and practice "plugging with your butt." Attack baseline an practice help and help the helper Weakside exchange from offensive players Screen away Skip passes to drill closeouts. See More
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Three-Player Shell Drill Offensive players line up at point, wing and wing. Pass the ball around the perimeter. Defenders are in deny when ball is centered. Follow Line Rules when ball is on the wings. Drill Advancements: Players dribble below the FT line Point attacks a gap. Wings attack baseline Pass and screen away. Pass and ball screen. See More
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Three-Player Shell Drill Offensive players line up at point, wing and wing. Pass the ball around the perimeter. Defenders are in deny when ball is centered. Follow Line Rules when ball is on the wings. Drill Advancements: Players dribble below the FT line Point attacks a gap. Wings attack baseline Pass and screen away. Pass and ball screen. See More
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Even when the Rockets weren't punishing the Mavericks in round one with the Josh Smith-Dwight Howard pick and roll combination, they still found ways to take advantage of the defense and connect for lobs. This is a simple 1-4 high pick, with a throwback to Smith. He immediately goes into Side P/R action with James Harden, or DHO in this case. This is hard work for x4, Dirk, who shows hard on the DHO. Note the 1 and 3 switching spots on the weakside, which makes x1, JJ Barea, the low defender. As Harden hits Smith on the roll, x5 must pull over to stop the drive. JJ Barea is sitting on Howard's top leg like he is supposed to be, but that hardly matters. This is an easy Smith to Howard lob. See More
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Houston used this play multiple times in the 1st round series against the Dallas Mavericks. Josh Smith and Dwight Howard posed massive problems defensively for the Mavericks with this play. Dwight Howard slipped or rolled hard for multiple lobs, sealed x4 when the defense switched, and even sealed on a switch and then spun out again for a lob. Add in Josh Smith's ability to finish with his running left hook in the lane, and this play caused fits for the defense. See More
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Houston used this play in the 1st Round of the NBA Playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks for a Josh Smith to Dwight Howard lob. This simple Turn 4 set gives Smith good positioning for a post up, and the flare option for Trevor Ariza is always available to keep the defense honest. A 4-5 pick and roll is a difficult enough play to defend, but moving the screen down to the block confuses the coverages even more than usual. In this play the defense commited to the pick and roll too soon, and Howard spun out of the pick for a lob pass. See More
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This is a very basic early offense option that Houston used against Dallas in the 1st round of the NBA Playoffs. The drag screen typically involves the point guard and one or both bigs, but here Josh Smith is the ballhandler and coming off of a screen from Dwight Howard to his strong left hand. The NBA 4 man is not used to defending the ballhandler in a P/R, and Howard rolls hard to the rim always looking for a lob, making this an extremely difficult cover for the defense. Shooters are spread in the corners to limit the ability of help defenders. See More
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The Washington Wizards used this SLOB play against the Atlanta Hawks on May 11th. Down by 3 points with 9.5 seconds to play the Wizards tried to set up Paul Pierce for another clutch shot. See More
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The Washington Wizards used this SLOB play against the Atlanta Hawks on May 11th. Down by 3 points with 9.5 seconds to play the Wizards tried to set up Paul Pierce for another clutch shot. See More
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The play starts in a 1-4 high with 2 and 3 exchanging wing positions. 1 passes to 3 then moves to the opposite side of the floor. 5 and 4 move over to screen for 3 on the wing. 4 looks to slip the screen and if that isn't open 5 sets a ball-screen for 3 on the wing. See More
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Option 1: 1 dribbles towards the top of the key as 2 cuts down towards the basket. If x2 jumps the screen, 2 pops back out to the wing for a shot. Option 2: x2 follows 2 under both screens from 4 and 5. 1 passes to 3 who passes to 2 for a shot. Option 3: If 2 isn't open on the baseline run, he cuts back to the right side of the floor cutting under 4 at the block. Option 4: If x2 jump this screen, 2 cuts to the left corner off of a screen from 5. See More
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Randy Wittman ran 3 great After Timeout Sideline out of Bounds plays late against the Atlanta Hawks. They had an opportunity to tie the game, and they scored late off of this same set with different options. See More
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