Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Basketball: A Game of SepARATion - Pick 3

Pet peeve - spelling. There's ARAT in separate. And basketball is a "game of separation."

Let's examine the Celtics - Wizards game looking for three paradigms of separation either:

  • Off screening
  • Off the dribble
  • Off cutting


Here the Wizards use a combination with a ball screen to get advantage and an acrobatic finish with dribble separation. 



The Celtics use a handoff, "draw 2" against drop coverage, and a simple roll gets a layup. 


Jayson Tatum gets an easy basket with a simple basket cut and the Wizards appearing lost on defense. 

Simple but well-executed basketball often gets layups. 

Lagniappe. More 'simple' basketball. 
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