Memphis Grizzlies run the "Thru Series" like the Spurs and like to get Mike Conley moving without the ball before attacking out of Pick & Roll or getting a post up for Gasol. To open Game 2 they ran the same Thru action but had Conley fake hard to the ball and cut backdoor. See More
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One of the most lethal actions the Warriors run is having Steph & Klay twirl on the wing. Usually Steph cuts to set a down screen for Klay, looking for a quick shot, in this set they "Twirl" or Klay cuts off of the screen and curls back inside setting another quick screen for Steph. Out of this action, the first guard receives a dribble handoff and the other cuts through off a double screen, looking for a shot. Kerr also runs a counter out of this where instead of cutting off double screen Klay is involved in the double screen and "Leaks" or slips out early to get a shot. See More
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Coaches generally watch what other coaches use in their offense and if they like the action or think that it can be used for their personnel, they steal it. Kerr uses a set that Doc Rivers has been utilizing for JJ Redick to get an open shot. This set flows in transition nicely for the Warriors who like to run the "Phoenix Drag" screen in transition, and they get good shots out of it. Typically Steph runs the point in this set, but against New Orleans Kerr has Iguadola handle in order to get Steph a shot. Iguadola dribbles at Steph who cuts backdoor, then receives a ballscreen (Drag) and dribbles off of it. Opposite wing cuts hard to the rim pulling his defender with him, then Steph sprints off down screen for a shot. See More
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This play has been a very popular play for the Clippers as of late. A very simple play, 1 must do his best to dribble at x4 and drag him out as far as possible. See More
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Mid-way through the second quarter, the LA Clippers ran this Horns play against the San Antonio Spurs. See More
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Mid-way through the second quarter, the San Antonio Spurs ran this play against the LA Clippers in game 2. Ginobili (2) ended up getting trapped in the elbow pick and roll, Ginobili passed to 3 for a catch and shooter 3pter. See More
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Portland Trailblazers ran this play in game 2 of the Portland-Memphis series. With Lillard's speed and Portland's execution of spacing and screening, Lillard gets a clear drive to the rim. If Lillard decides to shoot the ball of the high ball screen, Robin Lopez (5) has great rebounding position. See More
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The Memphis Grizzles have run this action throughout game 1 and now in game 2 of the Memphis-Portland series. Very effective as it provides isolation opportunties along with simultaneous action. See More
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The play is initiated with a pass to 5 at the elbow. Once 5 has the ball, down-screens on both sides of the floor are set by 4 and 1. If 2 and 3 aren't open on the down-screens, 3 looks to curl around 5 for a hand-off. 3 attacks into the lane looking to score or pass off to a shooter. See More
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In this counter option, 3 fakes as if he is going to cut off of the cross-screen and instead curls around the double down-screen from 4 and 5. 2 follows behind 3 to cut off of the double down-screen to the top of the key for a shot. 1 can look to drive his man 1 on 1 on the left side or pass to either 3 or 2 for a shot. See More
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1 dribbles to the left wing sending 2 from the corner into the lane to screen for 3. 3 cuts to the ball-side post off of the cross-screen. 2 cuts to the top of the key for a shot off of a double down-screen from 4 and 5. See More
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Here is a counter that we use for "Drag". We try to create a decoy action with the dribble handoff to get the defense to show their coverage. See More
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With the growing amount of teams using the ball screen in today's game; we decided to implement a couple simple quick ball screen actions that were not apart of our basic ball screen movements. The Ball screen is one of the toughest actions to guard in today's game. We have found it easy to get a get quality look in the lane off our ball screen sets. I discussed in my article published in the Winning Hoops Magazine (Sept./Oct. Edition) -"Using Ball Screens in your Motion Offense" that we generally use our ball screen actions after we get the defense moving. See More
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In this play, the Clippers look to get a shot at the elbow with a wide pin-down in the corner for 2. If 2 doesn't have a shot, he continues his cut to set a guard on big ball-screen at the left elbow. 5 looks to drive to the basket off of the ball-screen as 2 rolls or pops. See More
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Here are a few baseline screening actions used by the LA Clippers. In option 1, the defender jumps the screen. In option 2, the defender chases 3 on the screen. In option 3, 3 uses a staggered screen to get a shot on the opposite side of the floor. Option 3 also includes a flare for the point guard on middle penetration. See More
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