The Atlanta Hawks ran this play versus the Indiana Pacers in Round 1 of the 2013 NBA Playoffs. The Hawks like to utilize Josh Smith in the post and this is just one action to get him on the block. But like every great NBA coach, Atlanta has a counter in the event the defense deny's the action. In this case, 5 went into a dribble hand-off to get the ball back to 1.
Additional ending after the DHO is for 5 to pin-down for 3.
1 passed to 3 and cut to the block to get ready to backscreen 3. 3 passed back to 5.
1 set a backscreen for 3. 5 couldnt pass to 1 (to feed 3 in post) so 5 went into a dribble hand-off with 1 instead. At the same time 4 screened in for 2.
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