The Hawks Struggling Against The Pick And Roll
When you think of the Orlando Magic, you think of 4 shooters surrounding the perimeter as Dwight Howard kicks it out to them. You don’t really think of the pick and roll too much, however in game 2, the Magic ran the pick and roll at the beginning of the 4th quarter. almost exclusively as they were able to pull away from the Hawks.
Three different times when the Magic ran their pick and roll in the 4th, the Atlanta Hawks tried three different ways to stop it. The one common link in these three plays were the Hawks going over the screen set by Dwight Howard. This is because the Magic were using Vince Carter as the ball handler in these PNRs. If the Hawks’ defenders went under these screens, it would have given Vince Carter an open jumper, and he is a very good shooter when he is shooting off the dribble going to his right side. So to prevent that, the Hawks went over the screen to chase him off the three point line.
Going Over And Switch
Each of these plays started with Vince Carter getting the ball on the wing. Dwight Howard would then come over and set a screen for Carter.
