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Jozef 101  A-B pictures
by Jozef Bacik

All photo's courtesy of Slakis.com

A quick breakdown on player movement during
game conditions.

  McLeod feeds Boozer in high post and made a cut around him.
 
  Giricek changes corner and runs around weak side double screen of Kirilenko and Collins. Boozer passes the ball to Giricek and he shoots trey.
  Hunter runs the clock as Detroit prepares for high picknroll.
 
  Campbell and Wallace changes sides. Wallace goes to perimeter and sets a screen on McLeod. Hunter dribbles around the screen to the left and takes a three pointers as McLeod slides under the screen. Notice Wallace gets forgotten for the pass as he rolls open to the basket while his man Boozer stands at perimeter.
 
  No A-B picture but great sample of fast break: big man Okur gets rebound, point guard McLeod appears to receive first pass, the other three players runs the floor very hard in this way: big man Boozer in the middle of the court and wings Bell and SOMEBODY (he is so quick he runs out of picture) along the sidelines. Look at Boozer clearly outruns his man. It's big deal. (I wish I had teammates who gets through half court line before I get there with the ball.)
 
  Harpring camps in low post. (He will set a baseline screen for Okur).
  Harpring sets a baseline screen for Okur and then returns back to the corner (an old Hornacek trick). Borchardt sets a weak side screen for Bell who gets the ball on top of the key.
  Jazz go small. Eisley runs side picknroll with power forward Kirilenko.
 
  Kirilenko stays at perimeter so Boozer is supposed to appear in the lane. Eisley dribbles to the corner and finds that Prince plays a bit of help defense in the paint. Harpring makes appropriate move so Eisley is able to find passing lane to him.
 
  I do not know this play but it's interesting because Boozer gets the ball at perimeter in typical SG/SF position. Obviously Jazz are confident he can use his quickness on his defender and stay out of troubles.
 
  Eisley runs side picknroll with Borchardt.
  Borchardt rolls to the basket so Okur is supposed to get in outside position to spread the defense. McDyess helps in the lane for a while so he was too late to raise his hand to Okur's look. Notice Harpring's extra pick for Bell in weakside corner - superb timing of all actions gives the defense hard time to deal with it.
 
All photo's courtesy of Slakis.com