Comments on: The Heat’s Two Game Winning Possessions http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/03/the-heats-two-game-winning-possessions/ A look at play-calling in the NBA Sat, 12 May 2012 06:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tommy2tymes http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/03/the-heats-two-game-winning-possessions/#comment-230 tommy2tymes Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:17:40 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=871#comment-230 i'm loving these breakdowns of plays/sets/etc. keep up the good work i’m loving these breakdowns of plays/sets/etc.

keep up the good work

]]> By: khandor http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/03/the-heats-two-game-winning-possessions/#comment-229 khandor Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:26:03 +0000 http://nbaplaybook.com/?p=871#comment-229 The beauty of the first play is that by faking the initial pick action with Haslem ... and then slipping the pick ... Miami can then use a simple, but classic mis-direct, to ensure that they get exactly what they are looking for on a crucial possession: i. A relatively uncontested step-back jumper from their best player; or, if that specific option is effectively denied by Golden State, ii. An uncontested jumper from their best mid-range shooter not named D-Wade [i.e. Udonis Haslem]. Only 2 of the 5 Heat players on the court are reliable scorers, at this point of their respective careers, and Coach Spoelstra has them as Option 1 [i.e. "pass to the slipper"], Option 2 [i.e. "step-back J"] and Option 3 [i.e. throwback pass to "the eventual popper", using this specific action. The beauty of the 2nd play is the way in which it builds on the success of the prior sequence, with the same players essentially in the same positions on the court ... but flip-flopped sides, in this case ... with D-Wade driving hard toward his strong hand side of the floor and adjusting to what the defense will then try the most to take away, leaving Miami with an uncontested Corner 3 from their 3rd best scorer in this 5-man unit. In the end, it is very simple action that generates 2 high percentage shots for the Heat. The beauty of the first play is that by faking the initial pick action with Haslem … and then slipping the pick … Miami can then use a simple, but classic mis-direct, to ensure that they get exactly what they are looking for on a crucial possession:

i. A relatively uncontested step-back jumper from their best player; or, if that specific option is effectively denied by Golden State,

ii. An uncontested jumper from their best mid-range shooter not named D-Wade [i.e. Udonis Haslem].

Only 2 of the 5 Heat players on the court are reliable scorers, at this point of their respective careers, and Coach Spoelstra has them as Option 1 [i.e. "pass to the slipper"], Option 2 [i.e. "step-back J"] and Option 3 [i.e. throwback pass to “the eventual popper”, using this specific action.

The beauty of the 2nd play is the way in which it builds on the success of the prior sequence, with the same players essentially in the same positions on the court … but flip-flopped sides, in this case … with D-Wade driving hard toward his strong hand side of the floor and adjusting to what the defense will then try the most to take away, leaving Miami with an uncontested Corner 3 from their 3rd best scorer in this 5-man unit.

In the end, it is very simple action that generates 2 high percentage shots for the Heat.

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