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	<title>Comments on: The Bucks Game Clinching Play</title>
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		<title>By: br</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-311</link>
		<dc:creator>br</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it looked like bogut was stepping on the baseline when he received the pass.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it looked like bogut was stepping on the baseline when he received the pass.</p>
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		<title>By: JW</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-310</link>
		<dc:creator>JW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>simple diagonal &amp; down screen play that most NBA/WNBA/NBDL teams run....awful help defense and defensive communication...Coach O&#039;Brien must be furious....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>simple diagonal &amp; down screen play that most NBA/WNBA/NBDL teams run&#8230;.awful help defense and defensive communication&#8230;Coach O&#8217;Brien must be furious&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: JV</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-309</link>
		<dc:creator>JV</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Brandon Rush goes to cut off Bogut, doesn&#039;t that leave Salmons wide open in the paint?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Brandon Rush goes to cut off Bogut, doesn&#8217;t that leave Salmons wide open in the paint?</p>
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		<title>By: khandor</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-308</link>
		<dc:creator>khandor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sebastian,

Specific keys to this play&#039;s overall effectiveness, at least, how the Bucks are running it during this sequence, aren&#039;t:

i. The screen by Salmons on Bogut&#039;s defender; or, 
ii. The decision by Jones to go over the screen; or, 
iii. The lack of attention paid by Rush to bumping Bogut off his cut line.

What&#039;s most import are:

a. The simultaneous cut to the right mid-post position by Delfino;
b. Danny Granger&#039;s lack of attention to Bogut&#039;s cut, while he&#039;s checking Delfino;
c. Delfino&#039;s secondary screen for Bogut;
d. Granger&#039;s decision not to switch vs Delfino&#039;s screen;
e. Bogut&#039;s decision to cut baseline off Delfino&#039;s screen rather than into the ball-side low position above Salmons&#039; screen;
f. The fact that Jennings is running this action towards the left-side of the floor, as a left-hand dominant player/passer.

While it is wholly accurate to say that most/all NBA teams use a specific action sequence which is &quot;similar&quot; to this one; it is also a fact that not many other teams across the league have regularly run this specific play with both of their Wing players in position to set a back-screen and a cross-screen for their Center to post-up on the left block, as the Trail Big is in position to set the clean-up screen for their original ball-side Wing to pop out to the top of the key for an open catch &amp; shoot or a quick ball reversal.

As a matter of fact, most NBA teams simply have their opposite wing player move into a position above the FTLX beyond the 3PT-line in order to occupy their check on the weakside of the floor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sebastian,</p>
<p>Specific keys to this play&#8217;s overall effectiveness, at least, how the Bucks are running it during this sequence, aren&#8217;t:</p>
<p>i. The screen by Salmons on Bogut&#8217;s defender; or,<br />
ii. The decision by Jones to go over the screen; or,<br />
iii. The lack of attention paid by Rush to bumping Bogut off his cut line.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s most import are:</p>
<p>a. The simultaneous cut to the right mid-post position by Delfino;<br />
b. Danny Granger&#8217;s lack of attention to Bogut&#8217;s cut, while he&#8217;s checking Delfino;<br />
c. Delfino&#8217;s secondary screen for Bogut;<br />
d. Granger&#8217;s decision not to switch vs Delfino&#8217;s screen;<br />
e. Bogut&#8217;s decision to cut baseline off Delfino&#8217;s screen rather than into the ball-side low position above Salmons&#8217; screen;<br />
f. The fact that Jennings is running this action towards the left-side of the floor, as a left-hand dominant player/passer.</p>
<p>While it is wholly accurate to say that most/all NBA teams use a specific action sequence which is &#8220;similar&#8221; to this one; it is also a fact that not many other teams across the league have regularly run this specific play with both of their Wing players in position to set a back-screen and a cross-screen for their Center to post-up on the left block, as the Trail Big is in position to set the clean-up screen for their original ball-side Wing to pop out to the top of the key for an open catch &amp; shoot or a quick ball reversal.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, most NBA teams simply have their opposite wing player move into a position above the FTLX beyond the 3PT-line in order to occupy their check on the weakside of the floor.</p>
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		<title>By: mike</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-307</link>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love how this play literally lasts 5 seconds (once Jennings starts the play) and yet you still break it down in so much detail. Keep up the great work!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love how this play literally lasts 5 seconds (once Jennings starts the play) and yet you still break it down in so much detail. Keep up the great work!</p>
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		<title>By: AiRPoD</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-306</link>
		<dc:creator>AiRPoD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awesome work. I really like your new dimming/lighting effects to show the play. Also looks like you&#039;re using higher resoution images which makes it much easier to see who is who and what they are doing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome work. I really like your new dimming/lighting effects to show the play. Also looks like you&#8217;re using higher resoution images which makes it much easier to see who is who and what they are doing.</p>
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		<title>By: Bucks Game-Clinching Play vs. the Pacers</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-305</link>
		<dc:creator>Bucks Game-Clinching Play vs. the Pacers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] on NBA Playbook, Sebastian Pruiti broke down a key play from late in Indiana&#8217;s loss to Milwaukee yesterday. Honestly, when a team that has won 11 of it&#8217;s last 12 games has a home game [...] </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] on NBA Playbook, Sebastian Pruiti broke down a key play from late in Indiana&#8217;s loss to Milwaukee yesterday. Honestly, when a team that has won 11 of it&#8217;s last 12 games has a home game [...] </p>
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		<title>By: pound4pound</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-304</link>
		<dc:creator>pound4pound</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, that is some horrible screen-backdoor defense by the Pacers. Great breakdown as always!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, that is some horrible screen-backdoor defense by the Pacers. Great breakdown as always!</p>
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		<title>By: Bucksketball.com - TrueHoop Network Milwaukee Bucks Blog</title>
		<link>http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/15/the-bucks-game-clinching-play/#comment-303</link>
		<dc:creator>Bucksketball.com - TrueHoop Network Milwaukee Bucks Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Pruti at NBAPlaybook breaks down what he deems &#8220;the game clinching play&#8221; in Sunday&#8217;s Bucks-Pacers game.  A great look at the inner workings of a play here.  If you [...] </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Pruti at NBAPlaybook breaks down what he deems &#8220;the game clinching play&#8221; in Sunday&#8217;s Bucks-Pacers game.  A great look at the inner workings of a play here.  If you [...] </p>
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