Michigan State Spartans – 13 Special
’13 Special’ is a zone offense quick hitter from Tom Izzo. The goal of this action is to get 4 screening the outside of the zone as 1 comes back out; allowing for a hard duck-in on the mid...
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Kentucky Wildcats – UCLA Go
John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats ran this UCLA action into two pick & rolls during the 2014 Men’s Final Four. I love the movement of 3 over top of 4 before the 2nd ballscreen to creat...
Golden State Warriors – Swing Elevator
Last month a shared an Early Offense action, Swing Quick, that the Golden State Warriors frequented in the 2014-2015 season. Last night they ran a variation of this set to get Klay Thompson through an...
NBA Horns Series
The NBA has popularized the ‘Horns’ series over the past decade to be one of the most popular formations in basketball. ‘Horns’ originated and was coined “V” by the...
Wisconsin Badgers – “5” Post-Up
The Wisconsin Badgers ran this post up action for Frank Kaminsky in their National Semi-Final game vs Kentucky in 2014. The further past the rim the 3 can set the screen for 5, the more time he has...
Oklahoma City Thunder – Diamond 35 (SLOB)
The Oklahoma City Thunder ran this sideline out-of-bounds last night vs the Nuggets to get Durant in a pick & roll. The initial action did not result in a pick & roll but after a few reversals...
Oklahoma City Thunder- ATO Hook (Need 3)
Billy Donovan drew up this ATO last night with under 10 seconds remaining as the Oklahoma City Thunder trailed by 3 at Orlando. If you’ve followed Coach Donovan for years, you know he loves scre...
Minnesota Timberwolves – Side Curl SLOB
Last night in their 2015-2016 debut, the Minnesota Timberwolves ran this sideline out-of-bounds play get a throwback catch & shoot 3-pointer. Two components make this play so effective: The initia...
Cleveland Cavaliers – End of Game SLOB
In the closing minutes of last night’s Bulls-Cavaliers game to tip-off the start of the 2015-2016 season, Cleveland ran this sideline out-of-bounds play to get two different looks. The first tim...
NBA Offense – Floppy
Floppy is one of the most frequented half-court sets run in the NBA along side various pick & roll actions. Today I wanted to share a compilation of how teams in the league use such a simple pla...