Breakdown of postseason play informs winning actions. Here's video breakdown from one of the Massachusetts Division 1 quarterfinals.
Seek edges from the tip. For a right-handed center, it's easiest to tip to players at the 7 and 10 o'clock positions.
Let's focus on crunch time with Woburn (white) leading 49-47 down the stretch.
BOB staggered screen misdirection into screen-the-screener action. Brilliant offense.
"Basketball is a game of separation." Bridgewater-Raynham gets initial separation and then violates the "win in space" rule by driving into traffic.
Woburn fakes the double-team of the post and B-R reverses the ball. The dribbler punishes the closeout and the defender gets but does not hold legal guarding position.
Woburn gets the rebound and B-R gets burned in transition. Transition hoops off live-ball turnovers are killers.
Turnovers kill dreams. B-R again plays in traffic and Woburn's defense shrank space and got a steal from the help side.
Situational play is critical. Down 7, B-R goes on defense with 1:43 left. They don't pressure the ball and foul 27 seconds into the possession, the worst of both worlds as the clock runs and Woburn scores. Delay offense and delay defense matter.