PtR Playbook - 12/12 Easy Layup vs Blazers

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Dec 12, 2010 10:25 PM CST in Analysis

How did the Spurs get from this:

to this:

Join me after the jump to find out.

My favorite thing to write about for PtR are write-ups about plays. So here goes!

Today's play happened late in the 4th quarter. On the floor: Parker, Hill, Neal, Duncan, McDyess. And here is how it begins:

Neal receives a pass from Parker. Parker drives to the baseline as Neal passes to Duncan.

Parker curls around Hill's defender.

Hill slides to the other side of the lane, and Neal slides to the corner behind the 3-point line.

After this, Parker's defender tries to cheat and beat him around the cut. Seeing this, Parker stops on a dime and cuts back towards the basket.

Duncan notices Parker's defender cheating around the cut and passes to Parker for the easy layup. Hill's defender is also focused on following Hill, so his back is turned to Parker and misses the pass.

Easy play, easy points!

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happened to drop by just as you posted this. cool breakdown. your favorite team>>>my favorite team :(

by jksnake99 on Dec 12, 2010 10:33 PM CST reply actions

One of my favorite plays of this awesome game. Thanks for the breakdown! Oh, and that’s DB out there, not AD. =D

"The ultimate zone buster" - Bill Land on Gary Neal

"I like the fact that he’s a man." – Hubie Brown on DeJuan Blair

by Manu ex Machina on Dec 12, 2010 10:37 PM CST reply actions

Oops! You’re right.

Biggest coach Pop/Tiago Splitter homer on the internet™

by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Dec 12, 2010 10:44 PM CST up reply actions

Who is AD?

"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert"
- DBG

by LasEspuelas on Dec 14, 2010 12:03 PM CST up reply actions

Antoniomc Dyess, of course.

Enjoying the trip to # 172 as much as humanly possible

by J.R. Wilco on Dec 14, 2010 12:08 PM CST up reply actions

Thats horrible defense. Theres a difference between cheating over a screen and completely losing your man. Tony’s guy was out even with the free throw line, and Tony never curled far past the block.

And Hill’s guy, when he realized that Tony was using the two of them as a screen, should have gotten as close to George as possible, meaning less distance between Tony and his defender.

Good breakdown, CD :)

Bonner with the nice box out!

by SpursfanSteve on Dec 12, 2010 10:40 PM CST reply actions

Great breakdown, would like to see the video of the same play from the first half.

by #1Spursfan on Dec 12, 2010 11:10 PM CST reply actions

it made the second one so much better, or worse if you’re the Blazers.

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime

by the little o on Dec 13, 2010 4:36 PM CST up reply actions

I know the fault of the defense was talked about for both TP’s man and GH’s man, but I didn’t hear anyone point out that TD’s defender did a poor job as well. Timmy doesn’t drive to the basket from the top of the arc….almost ever. So if he’s got the ball in a passing position and is obviously looking to pass, get up on him. His defender is standing like 2 feet in front of him with his arms in the air….providing very little pressure against the pass. TP’s man can cheat on that play if the person defending TD actually defends the interior pass like he should.

It was classic of this whole game. The Blazers did a poor job of defending and scouting out the spurs moves. I don’t know how Duncan can be in this league this long and people not realize that the Spurs love to run him at the top as a passer for cutting wings.

by Aaron Can on Dec 12, 2010 11:31 PM CST reply actions

excellent point.

Bonner with the nice box out!

by SpursfanSteve on Dec 12, 2010 11:57 PM CST up reply actions

I love these. Thanks!

Lauri: thank goodness I have you magnificent bastards to waste [the offseason] with.

by swgeek on Dec 12, 2010 11:49 PM CST reply actions

Great post, heartily wrecked.

Completely off topic – I hear the Mavs are using a zone defense more often than not, now! And they of course have a very nice defense.

by greyberger on Dec 13, 2010 12:52 AM CST reply actions

I like how Timmy sold it like Parker was going to grab the ball at the three point line just before zipping the pass. There are starting quarterbacks in the NFL that can’t fake a pass that well. Timmy in the shotgun, love it!

by richbruiser on Dec 13, 2010 2:14 AM CST reply actions

Well done deck. This is a great example of Pop’s out to in rather than the old in out.

by indiancharlie on Dec 13, 2010 6:48 AM CST reply actions

Nice. This was a pretty sweet play.

by Big50 on Dec 13, 2010 9:23 AM CST reply actions

they also did this play in the middle of the first quarter.

Yo, I’m 6-11, but I just want to dribble through my legs and shoot jumpshots like a guard. - Marc Blucas on Tim Duncan

by TDzilla! on Dec 13, 2010 10:24 AM CST reply actions

I’ve seen this play so many times. I even saw it between Tim and Manu. And Manu and Tony.

I smell death... everywhere.

by LatinD on Dec 14, 2010 7:52 PM CST reply actions

Yup. It’s essentially a play that is an option off the normal offense. Albeit one that only works when both the cutter and the passer see the same thing at the same time.

Still, it’s pretty to watch over and over.

Enjoying the trip to # 172 as much as humanly possible

by J.R. Wilco on Dec 15, 2010 10:46 AM CST up reply actions