Quick Hitter: Spain Gets Rubio In Space, Lets Him Create
With the number of international friendlies being played increasing due to preparations being for EuroBasket at the end of the month, there are some interesting matchups and interesting finishes, I’ll be breaking those down.
Yesterday, Spain took the court for the first time when preparing for EuroBasket, taking on France in an international friendly that drew a lot of attention because of all the NBA players on the two rosters (I can think of 10 of the top of my head who were on these two teams). During this game, Spain ran a really simple, yet really effective play from a SLOB situation that put the ball in Ricky Rubio’s hands while providing him with plenty of space to create with:
The play starts with Ricky Rubio inbounding the ball from the side as Felipe Reyes sets a screen off of the ball for his guard who makes himself available for the ball at the top of the key.
