Good job, for the most part, analysing this sequence of events.

However, IMO, the fault here lies not with Boris Diaw leaving a tad too early but, rather, with Nazr Mohammed’s failure to hold his position at the FT Line long enough to set a proper screen for Raymond Felton coming off the baseline. By the looks of it, Nazr was too rushed in his attempts to get the ball himself, as the pressure release player, located at the top of the key. If he would have been more patient and exercized his proper responsibilities, i.e. 1. screen for Diaw, 2. screen for Felton, 3. Face the inbounder and present himself for the ball, 4. spin towards the basket, if Gasol attempts to deny the entry pass to him, then, 5. flash back toward the ball “late”, if the direct entry pass into the lane has been denied based on Gasol’s effective recovery; then, the Bobcats would not have turned the ball over in this situation and would most likely have, at least, been able to get a shot off with 9 secs left on the game clock.

In general, Nazr has been playing very well for Charlotte but, in this instance, he was the one who messed up the Bobcats’ chances to score from this sideline play.

Keep On Truck’n