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What Happened On Miami’s Game Winner

With 56 seconds left in game three, the Miami Heat were coming out of a timeout with the game tied.  Instead of coming out of the timeout and playing “hero ball” the Heat decided to run a play, a play that got everyone involved, and resulted in an open shot for Chris Bosh, who knocked down the game winner.

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The play starts with Dwyane Wade dribbling out the clock a bit at the top of the key as LeBron James gets a pindown screen set for him by Mario Chalmers.

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The pindown screen set for James by Chalmers leads right into a James/Wade pick and roll.  The Mavericks decide to trap this PNR with Jason Kidd going over the top of the screen and Shawn Marion leaving James to be the second defender.  Not willing to leave LeBron James open at the top of the key, Tyson Chandler comes from the weakside to meet James as he rolled to the foul line after setting his screen for Wade.

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What Dwyane Wade and LeBron James on the same side of the court does is it draws all of the attention of the defense.  As you can see here, there were four Maverick defenders on the side with Wade and James, leaving Dirk Nowitzki on his own to defend the remaining two Heat players (Haslem and Bosh).

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Instead of just standing and watching LeBron James, the Heat decide to run action on the weakside of the court with Udonis Haslem setting a screen on Nowitzki, allowing Chris Bosh to step backwards into an open area.

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LeBron James takes on the double team and makes a great pass to Bosh in the corner.  Haslem sets a very strong screen, resulting in Chris Bosh making the catch wide open, allowing him to square up and knock it down, giving Miami the lead.  Here is the play in real time:

This play right here is why the Miami Heat are so dangerous when they decide they want to play team basketball.  Here, you have Dwyane Wade and LeBron James drawing the attention of the defense and when that happens it allows Haslem to sneak in there and set a screen for Chris Bosh on the weak side.  Great call by Spoelstra, understanding that Dallas would load up against these two and using weakside action to result in an open shot (After a tremendous pass by LeBron James).

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  • Lebroshizo

    quality play

  • Hopoate

    this also happened in the overtime against chicago, but instead bosh got a dunk.

  • Lebroshizo

    quality play

  • Hopoate

    this also happened in the overtime against chicago, but instead bosh got a dunk.

  • Edd

    If kobe had been there…he probably would have missed a double contested long two

  • Edd

    If kobe had been there…he probably would have missed a double contested long two

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kenrick-Altidor/508832979 Kenrick Altidor

    @b95f95a992989bc450f3826db132a6eb:disqus I was just about to say that. When the run this Wade-LeBron pick and roll. This team is down right dangerous to defend.

    Also, this is such a good basketball X and O site. Why do people bring up off the court non-sense?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kenrick-Altidor/508832979 Kenrick Altidor

    @b95f95a992989bc450f3826db132a6eb:disqus I was just about to say that. When the run this Wade-LeBron pick and roll. This team is down right dangerous to defend.

    Also, this is such a good basketball X and O site. Why do people bring up off the court non-sense?

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    [...] to allow Wade and also Chris Bosh the space to work. Most important, his presence on the court in Miami’s final sequence helped the Heat balance out the court, enabling Bosh to get open in the corner for what proved to be the deciding [...]

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    [...] Pruiti has a great post over at NBA Playbook on how the game-winner was set [...]

  • Sezneg

    I would love to see how Miami adjusted to that double screen play that destroyed their defense in game 2.

  • http://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/ Brian

    What's impressive is that this play worked so well despite the fact that two of the three picks were pretty mediocre.  Haslem's screen on Dirk, though, was a monster.  And that pass by LeBron was perfect.

  • Sezneg

    I would love to see how Miami adjusted to that double screen play that destroyed their defense in game 2.

  • haucom

    great play and great article!

  • http://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/ Brian

    What’s impressive is that this play worked so well despite the fact that two of the three picks were pretty mediocre.  Haslem’s screen on Dirk, though, was a monster.  And that pass by LeBron was perfect.

  • haucom

    great play and great article!

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    [...] After Chris Bosh hit his jumper that gave the Heat a two point lead, the Dallas Mavericks came out of a timeout looking to get Dirk Nowitzki the basketball early in the clock, allowing him to get a shot off quickly that would maintain a two for one opportunity.  The move Nowitzki made is a move that we have seen him make all postseason long, taking a dribble to the right, spinning, and then taking a hard dribble with his left before rising up for the shot.  However, Nowitzki didn’t take the shot, instead he threw the basketball out of bounds: [...]

  • Pete

    LeBron has always pretty mediocre at using screens– he often depends on his speed to gain space, instead of brushing his man off of the screener like he should.

    In this case, it looks like a designed slipped screen, as Chalmers immediately flares to the corner.  Terry did leave him wide open in game 2.

  • Pete

    LeBron has always pretty mediocre at using screens– he often depends on his speed to gain space, instead of brushing his man off of the screener like he should.

    In this case, it looks like a designed slipped screen, as Chalmers immediately flares to the corner.  Terry did leave him wide open in game 2.

  • djs

    Wade, Haslem, James …. defensively I'll give up a Bosh deep corner shot every time considering the other options.

  • djs

    Wade, Haslem, James …. defensively I’ll give up a Bosh deep corner shot every time considering the other options.