Houston Rockets Triangle Low
This play came from the 2005 Houston Rockets when they ran this play towards the end of a Playoff game. Screen the screener is a very common action out of bounds but the way this play was ran I do not...
Month: September 2013
Zone Offense 2 Stack Overload
This is simple yet very effective zone offense play that is one of my favorites. As 1 dribbles over, 2 overloads the floor making this play difficult to guard every option. After 5 screens in, he shou...
San Antonio Spurs Short Clock ATO
With 3.9 seconds left in Game 1 of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs ran this play at the end of the 2nd overtime to defeat the Golden State Warriors. X1 was able to trail the screens and...
Miami Heat 14 Quick
The Miami Heat ran this quick hitter last season during the Playoffs to get Chris Bosh a shot off a misdirection. As Wade took one dribble past the pick from Lebron, he quickly turned and fired to Bos...
1987 LA Lakers “C”
This is another action I watched last night while watching the 1987 NBA Finals between the Lakers and Celtics. Pat Riley called out “C” as the Lakers jogged up court. 3 (Magic Johnson) c...
1987 Boston Celtics Elbow Curl
Last night the 1987 NBA Finals were on between the LA Lakers and Boston Celtics. The Celtics ran this action during the 3rd quarter to get Danny Ainge a quick score....
Baseline Drag Early Offense
A few nights ago I was watching a WNBA Playoff game and one of the teams ran a quick play at the end of the game. The play was not very successful so I came up with this tweak to it. Your options are:...
New York Knicks SLOB Need 3
Mike D’Antoni ran this Need 3 sideline of bounds play when he was the head coach of the New York Knicks. This play has 3 scoring options for a Need 3 with 1, 2, and 5 (if you have a shooting big...
Louisville Cardinals “3” Baseline Out of Bounds
This is a baseline out of bounds play Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals ran during the 2013 Final Four and National Champsionship games. Most teams would stop once the ball was inbounded to 1, ...
Lithuania National Team Hook Punch
Lithuania ran this play today versus Croatia in Semi-Final action of the 2013 Eurobasket Champsionship. Lithuania ran some phenomenal actions all game but this was one of my favorites. Even though thi...