Can you run the fastbreak after the opposite team score? Yes, you can. And the Atlanta Hawks show one possible way to do it.
The Hawks are fighting for the Eastern Conference's fourth position (24-16 now), and they are playing interesting situations, for example their sideline fastbreak.
When we were kids, our coaches used to say (and youth teams' coaches still say it very often today) that the ball MUST go by the axis of the court to run the break.
But most teams place their defenders right there to stop the PG, and that way, stop the fastbreak. So what can you do? The Hawks give a good answer, by letting the ball fly by the sideline instead.
As we can see in the images, Mike Bibby pops to receive the inbound pass, and he gives a nice long pass to find his teammate on the offensive court. From that point they can run a ball screen situation when the inside player arrives, but they can also have good options to finish the break. It's a very interesting option because you give also a lot of space for the center in case you want to isolate this player to start the offense.
Now, click play and watch it!
The Hawks are fighting for the Eastern Conference's fourth position (24-16 now), and they are playing interesting situations, for example their sideline fastbreak.
When we were kids, our coaches used to say (and youth teams' coaches still say it very often today) that the ball MUST go by the axis of the court to run the break.
But most teams place their defenders right there to stop the PG, and that way, stop the fastbreak. So what can you do? The Hawks give a good answer, by letting the ball fly by the sideline instead.
As we can see in the images, Mike Bibby pops to receive the inbound pass, and he gives a nice long pass to find his teammate on the offensive court. From that point they can run a ball screen situation when the inside player arrives, but they can also have good options to finish the break. It's a very interesting option because you give also a lot of space for the center in case you want to isolate this player to start the offense.
Now, click play and watch it!
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