Breaking Down The Utah Jazz Offense (Part II)

by Truth About It on Mar 18, 2009 6:34 PM EDT in Team Analysis Comment 2 comments

During last night's game thread, I commented that the Jazz had a couple beautiful plays implementing some creative screens. One of those such plays is broken down below.

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#1: Deron Williams pointed to AK-47 for him to come set a back screen on Mike James after D. Will passed the ball to Matt Harpring on the right.

#2: Williams cuts across the lane and sets a back screen for Ronnie Brewer on Juan Dixon; Mike James hangs back to help thinking that Brewer might be cutting to the basket. The ball is swung to AK-47at the top.

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#3: Problem is, Deron Williams quickly slips the screen he was setting for Brewer and right past a screen Mehmet Okur is setting for him. Dixon is able to recover to Brewer, but since Mike James previously had so much separation between him and Williams (partially because he was ready to help on Brewer, partially because he's old and slow), he finds himself on the wrong side of Andray Blatche and Okur.

Also, Blatche seems utterly unaware of what's going on, is out of position to help on Williams, and is in James' way.

#4: Ultimately, Williams missed the wide open three, but in true Wizards form, Dominic McGuire failed to put a body on Harpring, who always goes hard.

Dixon, thinking that Antawn Jamison and McGuire have secured a board against Harpring, leaves Brewer to get out on the break. Unfortunately, Harpring is there to easily tip the board to an open Brewer who throws down a dunk.

Coming soon.....Breaking Down The Utah Jazz Offense (Part I) on truthaboutit.net

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Sloan is a great coach

Simplest play in Basketball is the Screen play…. Utah does it better than anyone. On any ONE play, you may see as many as 4 or 5 screens being set…. and you really cannot tell who the play is designed for until the end. Sometimes, the play is not designed to get any one player a shot, but sets up multiple opportunities, for different players, depending on how the defense reacts. Sloan has incorporated multiple screens into his offense, and his players execute them to perfection.

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by Rook6980 on Mar 18, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Great point. A lot is said about Jerry Sloan, but he is usually only acknowledged for his toughness.

But he knows his x’s and o’s and when his offense is run the right way, his players get open looks from 3 or layups. It makes for a fantastic offense when players run the play right and have patience.

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by clarkpojo on Mar 28, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs