As I said last week I’ve been watching the Russian Cup. There are very good teams and coaches there, and although the situation of their economy is just so – so in some of those teams, you can watch nice games in that country.
In today’s post we see how the offense reacts against the defensive moves. As we know, in these tournaments, due to the level of professionalism, the knowledge of the teams about their rivals is high, and as a result of that, the defenders often go one step ahead of the offense (or at least they try to). So it helps a lot when you have players capable of reading the defense and “break” the plays to get advantage over their defenders.
In the first play, CSKA’s player Trajan Langdon is ready to defend a staggered screens situation, but the offensive player comes back instead, receives, and scores.
In the second play, the screener reads his defender’s flash, cuts to the basket and scores. The defenders are focused in the screened player, and they give an easy lay up to the screener. Take a look at the great pass from J.R.Holden, the American – Russian PG.
In the last play, Unic’s pointguard Marko Popovic goes to the corner although the play was developed for him to receive on top of the three point line, and as his defender thinks more on defending the play than his own man, Popovic receives all alone and shoots an easy shot.
Player’s talent against scouting and coaches’ study…
In today’s post we see how the offense reacts against the defensive moves. As we know, in these tournaments, due to the level of professionalism, the knowledge of the teams about their rivals is high, and as a result of that, the defenders often go one step ahead of the offense (or at least they try to). So it helps a lot when you have players capable of reading the defense and “break” the plays to get advantage over their defenders.
In the first play, CSKA’s player Trajan Langdon is ready to defend a staggered screens situation, but the offensive player comes back instead, receives, and scores.
In the second play, the screener reads his defender’s flash, cuts to the basket and scores. The defenders are focused in the screened player, and they give an easy lay up to the screener. Take a look at the great pass from J.R.Holden, the American – Russian PG.
In the last play, Unic’s pointguard Marko Popovic goes to the corner although the play was developed for him to receive on top of the three point line, and as his defender thinks more on defending the play than his own man, Popovic receives all alone and shoots an easy shot.
Player’s talent against scouting and coaches’ study…
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