With an 8 point lead and 1:44 left in the game, the Atlanta Hawks were looking to come out of a timeout and put the game away.  To do that, Larry Drew designed a play that got the Hawks’ players moving, taking advantage to get Al Horford wide open in the paint for the easy dunk.

The play starts with Jeff Teague getting the basketball and taking it to the top of the key.  As soon as that happens, Jamal Crawford (who inbounded the basketball) dives through the middle to the corner.  At the same time, Joe Johnson comes across two screens at the elbow to make himself available at the wing.  After setting his screen, Josh Smith flashes to the basketball.

Teague gets the basketball to Smith, and as this happens, Joe Johnson continues his cut off of Al Horford and takes it to the block.

Once Johnson gets to the block, Al Horford comes down and sets a pindown screen for Johnson.  With the Bulls worried about Johnson and his shooting ability, Joakhim Noah is going to show and try to deny Johnson.  Horford reads this and dives right to the from of the rim.

With both Bulls defenders involved in the screen running to Joe Johnson, this leaves Al Horford wide open at the rim.  Josh Smith does a great job of being patient, spotting him, and hitting him with the pass.

Horford is able to match the catch and finish with the easy dunk, extending the Hawks’ lead to 10 and basically putting the game away.  Here is the play in real time:

A great job done here by the Hawks, setting up their offense as if they are going to run it through Joe Johnson (which is something Atlanta does most of the time), however they were using Johnson as a decoy, trying to set up Horford in the paint.