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PostPosted: 09/19/18 10:38 pm    ::: 2018 WNBA Playoffs Playbook - Half Court Hoops Reply Reply with quote

One of my favorite Twitter follows just put together a great video of clips from the playoffs featuring each team's halfcourt, transition, and ATO plays. If you are into coaching or are X's and O's minded like myself, you're going to love this...

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PostPosted: 09/20/18 10:49 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

I confess I didn't watch it all, but at least 10 minutes' worth ...

1) The pick-and-roll is the basis of pretty much every offensive set.

2) Ball reversal off the pick-and-roll opens up the post on what began as the weak side. So pick-and-roll goes to the left, forcing post defender to step to that side of the court; a quick ball reversal will put the post defender behind the offensive post on the right side.

3) In transition, a pick is almost always set beyond the three at the free-throw lane line extended. The point guard will work back toward the middle, occasionally getting a second screen (double drag) at the other lane line extended. In transition, this is a killer with a good point guard, but defensive assignments are likely to get mixed up. If the point guard is coming down the middle, the high screen just frees her to attack toward the sideline.

4) We also saw a lot of post-to-post high-low out of a pick-and-roll. The first post set the pick and rolled; the second post came to the top of the key, took a pass from the guard in the original action, and has a great angle for an entry pass to the first post, who can seal in the lane.

5) The inbounds' plays were less revelatory, as usually it was a defensive mistake that led to an easy basket (and announcer excitement over a brilliant play design).

6) "Zipper," which started in a 1-4 high set (all four players without the ball spread out along the free-throw line extended), had one wing cutting over the elbows to the opposite wing, getting a pass, and then coming back to the middle with the screens from the players on the elbows (another double drag motion).

Bottom line, though: All these plays work when you have really good players executing them. You can draw them up all day, but if the defenders are better than the offensive players, it's still going to be really hard to score.



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PostPosted: 09/21/18 2:33 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

ClayK wrote:

Bottom line, though: All these plays work when you have really good players executing them. You can draw them up all day, but if the defenders are better than the offensive players, it's still going to be really hard to score.


Yeah, only a few teams are going to be able to execute the 4/5 drag featured at the beginning of the video. It just highlights how versatile of a player Breanna Stewart is, and how good coaches will adjust their offense to fit their personnel.


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