The Houston Rockets ran this play early in the first quarter of their preseason game against the New York Knicks. This play utlilizes James Harden's (1) ability to draw attention and make reads off of the ball screen. 5 screens away for 4 to make it difficult to for x4 & x5 to help on the ball screens. As 1 turns the corner 3 sets a back screen for 5 going to the rim. 1 looks to make the pass to 5 for the lob. See More
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The Houston Rockets ran this early in the second quarter of their preseason game against the New York Knicks. 5 screens away for 4 who receives the pass from 1. 1 receives the handoff from 4 then turns the corner on the screen from 5. 1 looks to create for himself or find the open man for a shot. See More
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The Golden State Warriors ran this during the second quarter of their season opening game against the San Antonio Spurs. They used a variation of the wedge play where a guard sets a high screen for a post player who then cuts into a ball screen or post up. In this version the Warriors used false action of the ball reversal and dribble handoff before getting into the wedge ball screen action. They also added a flare screen up top for a secondary option in this play. See More
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The San Antonio Spurs ran this as their first play of their season opening game against the Golden State Warriors. 4 starts with a pindown screen for 2. 4 and 2 then set a staggered ball screen for 1 looking to make a play. See More
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The Boston Celtics started the second half of their game against the Houston Rockets with this play designed to expose x3 in the ball screen coverage. The ball screen for 1 after the UCLA cut forced x3 to help on the ball handler. The quick advance pass from 1 to 5 gave 3 time to slip to the basket and receive the pass from 5 for an uncontested layup. See More
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The Golden State Warriors used this play to end the 1st quarter of their Christmas day game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. 2 sets a pindown for 4 which forces x4 to arrive late on the ball screen. 2 & 5 then set baseline screens for 3. 1 passes to 3 for 3 point shot in the corner. See More
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The Cleveland Cavaliers opened the second half with this play designed to get a post up for 4 (Kevin Love). It is a familiar play for the Cavs and the Warriors had it scouted well. Cleveland did a good job of reading the defense and making a great play out of it. After 1 passes to 3, x4 (Draymond Green) cheats the two screens to meet 4 in the post. When 4 sees this happening, he fades to the corner and 5 readjusts his screen. 3 hits 4 for a 3 point shot. See More
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The Minnesota Timberwolves ran this play frequently in their Christmas Day game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was designed to get the ball to their 3 (Andrew Wiggins) where he can create off of a ball screen. 4 & 5 give screen options for 3. 3 comes off the screen up top to receive the pass from 1. 4 or 5 can sprint into a ball screen with the other post relocating for spacing. See More
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The LA Clippers opened their Christmas Day game against the LA Lakers with a lob dunk out of this play. 1 passes the ball to the wing and then receives it back on the weak side after a ball reversal. 4 & 5 follow with screens on the ball. 1 uses the screen from 5 and throws it to the rim for a lob. 4 pops to the wing for a secondary option. See More
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Georgia Tech ran this ATO using multiple false motion actions late in their game against Notre Dame. Their goal was to ultimately get the ball in 2's hands for a high PNR with his teammates spread around the perimeter. The play started with a ball reversal to 2 with 4 screening for 5 to start the elbow action. 2 passes to 5 at the elbow to start the next false motion action. As 2 screens for 1 for the rub screen at the elbow, x2 has to provide help on 1. This frees up 2 to get the pass back from 5 and start the ball screen with less pressure on the ball. See More
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NC Central ran this ball screen play to get a quick bucket at the basket for their post player. The hard cut from 2 kept his defender close and unable to provide help in the post. This play was especially effective against UC Davis as they hard hedged the screen with their big, who was never able to get back into the play as 5 rolled to the basket. 3 then screened his own man leaving 5 wide open at the rim. See More
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Michigan ran this play at the end of the first half in their game against Oklahoma State to try to get the last shot. The back screen for 3 is a decoy but it causes x5 to be late on the ball screen and forces a switch onto 1. When 2 turns the corner on the second ball screen Michigan has two mismatches with a x5 guarding 1 and x2 guarding 5 in the post. See More
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Saint Mary's used this play in their game against Arizona to isolate their 1 and 4 for a pick and roll situation. The Gaels start in an elbow set with 1 making an entry pass to 5. The flex screen by 1 and the down screen from 4 are all decoy actions so they can get 1 the ball back and he can create out of the step up ball screen. See More
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Saint Mary's ran this quick hitter action late in their game against Arizona immediately after an OOB Play. They use the Iverson cut as false motion to set up the double screen for a look at 5 in the post. 4 then sets the down screen for 2 for the 3 point option. See More
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Butler opened the second half of their game against Middle Tennessee with this back screen lob play. 4 sets up the play by faking the screen for 3 then popping back out to get the ball from 1. 2 then sets the back screen for 5. This puts the defense at a disadvantage by forcing a smaller player to help on the lob pass to 5. See More
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