At the end of the half the Bobcats led 33-32.  65 combined points.  Usually, when one team is bad, their opponent is there to take advantage of the mistakes.  This first half was both teams failing to take advantage of the other’s mistakes.  The final score of this game?  91-84.  After overtime.

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This Monday edition of Court Vision is all about late game situations.  With a lot of real tight games this weekend, there were good plays, some bad plays, and a few interesting situations.  We take a look at all of them today

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Today, in this crazy-late Monday edition of “Court Vision” we are going to look at a trick Brook Lopez uses to get to the line, Rondo’s assists, Miami’s D against Orlando, some poor execution in Philly, some great coaching for Sacramento, and much more.

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There were only two games last night, so it is a shorter version of Court Vision, only running about 2:30. We talk about how Javale McGee’s inability to push Dwight out of the paint hurt him and his help defense. We also looked at Jason Richardson’s run towards the end of the 2nd quarter where he scored 11 of the Suns’ final 14 points of the half.

Welcome to Court Vision, NBAPlaybook.com’s daily video post where we take a look at each game and try to break some things down.

In Episode 1 of Court Vision, I take a look at how the Celtics defended the Heat (and what the Heat did to counter), the crazy defensive match-ups, and defensive lapses from both Aaron Brooks and Hedo Turkoglu. Thanks for taking the time to check this out everyone!

The key seemed to be the Bobcats willingness to attack the basket. The Bobcats seemed determined to get themselves inside the paint every possession of overtime. Each time, it resulted in one of two things; a trip to the foul line or an easy basket:

Possession 1 – Gerald Wallace Gets To The Line Using A Screen

On this play, the Bobcats set up what looks to be an ISO set for Gerald Wallace. At the last moment, Tyson Chandler comes up and sets a screen for Wallace. Wallace uses the screen and gets all the way to the rim, where he is fouled.

Possession 2 – Raymond Felton Attacks

This is yet another screen and roll, and this time, the defense is at fault here. Javale Mcgee sits too far back, allowing Felton to use his full head of steam to get to the rim. He gets the ball on the backboard, when Mcgee goaltends, giving the Bobcats the 2 points.

Possession 3 – Gerald Wallace Gets To The Line Again

Again, the Bobcats use a pick and roll (this time on the wing) and again, Javale Mcgee’s soft hedge is what allows Gerald Wallace to get inside the paint, where he is fouled.

Possession 4 – Diaw Bullies Singleton

Here, the Bobcats run a neat little play to get Diaw open on the wing. Instead of settling for the jumper (which is what you come to expect from Diaw), he takes it to the hole strong, just kind of bullying his defender out of the way, and giving him room to make the hook shot. I think this play pretty much sums up the Bobcats strategy in overtime, as even the Bobcats least aggressive player is taking it to basket aggressively.

Possession 5 – Getting Stephen Jackson Free

Until this play, Stephen Jackson wasn’t really involved in the Bobcats offense. Here though, Larry Brown calls a play that is designed to free up Stephen Jackson. After setting a screen on the baseline, Jackson comes off of a double screen at the top of the key. This play is nice because it gives Jackson plenty of options. Jackson could make the catch and pull up for the shot, but because his defender remains on his hip as he comes off the screen, he just curls it and gets into the lane. Jackson forces help to come and is able to find Tyson Chandler for the easy dunk.

Possession 6 – Wizards Remain Passive

The Bobcats really used the pick and roll to their advantage in this overtime period. The Wizards weren’t really defending it properly, and what I mean by this is that the defenders responsible for “hedging” on the man coming off the pick played it too soft. They allowed the man with the basketball to comfortably come off their screen, keep their dribble, and pick out a lane to attack. That is exactly what happens here.

Possession 7 – Bobcats Spread Everyone Out And Get One Last Drive

With a 9 point lead, the Bobcats simply spread the court and passed it around as the Wizards tried to get a trap on. Eventually, as the shot clock was winding down, the ball ends up in Boris Diaw’s hands, and he once again attacks the basket strong, drawing the foul.

The Spurs start this play by sending George Hill into the far corner, Manu Ginobili into the near corner, and Roger Mason off of a Tim Duncan screen right to the ball.  It looks like the Spurs are trying to set up a quick hitter for Roger Mason off the inbounds, but Richard Jefferson inbounds it to Manu instead.

As Ginobili starts to back down his man, it looks like Roger Mason is going to continue off of the Duncan screen and get a handoff for the three point shot.  Mason’s man, Anthony Parker, recognizes this and seems to try and beat him to the spot.

However, as soon as Parker gets in front of Mason, he stops and comes off of another Duncan screen on the opposite side.  This action happens quick and the Cavs aren’t really expecting it which is why there is no help from Anderson Varejao as Mason comes off the second screen.

Manu makes the pass, and now Jamario Moon is put into a pretty tough spot.  He is one guy who has to now defend two.  If he closes out too hard, there is still enough time for Mason to pass it to Hill for the open three.  Trying to figure out what to do causes Moon to hesitate a bit.

This hesitation is what allows Roger Mason to get off a wide open look.  He misses it, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great play.  Here is a look at it in real time: