Nuggets Pistol
01/17/2016The Pistol action is a common NBA early offense set that tries to create switches and mismatches with frequent screens in a congested and tight area on the wing. See More
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Wolves Pistol Open
01/17/2016A great counter to the Pistol action, Rick Adelman ran this for the Timberwolves to get middle penetration for Ricky Rubio with shooters looping and big men screening. See More
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Bucks Pistol Hammer
01/17/2016A very quick pistol action out of early offense, the point guard attacks hard to the rim and the hammer screen either opens up the rim on his drive or an open three pointer in the corner. See More
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Hawks Pistol Double Level
01/17/2016Great action from Mike Budenholzer for Kyle Korver. Shooter starts away from the busy action, and the chaos on the strong side causes the help defenders to focus on something other than the shooter. See More
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Warriors Motion Weak
01/21/2016Motion Weak, or "Thru", is a common NBA early offense set that can be run at any level. It is effective at using player movement and ball movement, trying to establish the post first and foremost, and getting a shooter open off a down screen. It is one of the best and most standard screen-the-screener actions, and it also results in tremendous floor balance with many wrinkles possible. Gregg Popovich of the Spurs has long been utilizing this set of offense. Steve Kerr and the Warriors have added a wrinkle, turning the set into a Horns formation off the down screen. See More
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Wolves Motion Weak Quick
01/21/2016The Minnesota Timberwolves ran Motion Weak and Kevin Martin, a strong outside shooter, never set the first cross screen. When the cross screen is not set and the offensive player darts up the down screen, his man will lag behind as he prepares to help on the cross screen. Without any contact with an opposing defender, Martin is free to get a step on his man before the action occurs. This wrinkle is great for a shooter if a team spends a lot of time running cross screens See More
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Warriors Motion Weak BS
01/21/2016Turning motion weak into a ball screen is an excellent counter for teams that anticipate the cross-down action. It clears out an entire side of the court for the roll man to turn hard to the rim and look to finish. See More
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Grizzlies Motion Weak Backdoor
01/21/2016This backdoor play is great for teams that will either switch or deny the shallow cut to the wing for the point guard. Memphis ran this in the postseason last year against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 2 of their series after they started Game 1 by pressuring Conley on the perimeter. See More
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Hawks Thru X
01/21/2016When a team starts to deny a shooter within the motion weak offense, sometimes a counter is necessary to back the defense off. The Hawks run this counter for Kyle Korver to get him an open three point look off an X-action from the high post. See More
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Pistons Pitch Side Ballscreen
01/29/2016The pitch series is difficult to defend because usually the man defending the trailer is too far off the point of the handoff to give any type of resistence. The natural counter when a defender starts to meet the trailer high is for that trailer to swing the ball to the side and run straight into a side ball screen. The Pistons have run this action for Ersan Ilyasova this season. See More
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Bucks Pitch Alley Ballscreen
01/29/2016A nice quick hitter out of the pitch series is for a guard-to-guard pitch at the top of the key and then an alley ball screen. Very difficult to defend if the guards either switch or stick with their assignment, and help is easy to read. See More
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Jazz Pitch 13 High
01/29/2016Quin Snyder and the Utah Jazz run this great pitch into a ball screen, where the man defending the screen-setter has a difficult time providing a hedge. The guard who gives the pitch cuts straight off a down screen, which -- if hedged by the defense -- puts them in terrible position to defend the ball screen. See More
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Bulls Pitch Backscreen Lob
01/29/2016Fred Hoiberg has run the pitch series for several years, both at Iowa State and now with the Chicago Bulls. Because teams will often sag off the trailer when he has the ball, it makes him the perfect candidate to throw a lob pass. The Bulls run the play to get Jimmy Butler an alley oop with all the extra attention he gets on the perimeter. See More
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Knicks Horns Double Drag Lob
02/19/2016The Mike D'Antoni Knicks ran this play out of a Horns set to get Tyson Chandler a look at a lob near the rim or Carmelo a pick-and-pop three See More
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Heat Horns Stagger Twirl
02/19/2016This action is a nice misdirection out of Horns for a point guard coming off a screen. The curl of the stagger screen should take away help for Dragic to come off the down screen. See More
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