Down eleven with six minutes left, the Herons ran the same action nine times. It worked eight. The ninth was a foul, which also worked.
The action
A high hand-off on the left wing, a re-screen from the big, and a guard who has decided to shoot before he has the ball. The defence knows it is coming. Knowing has not helped anyone yet.
Why it keeps working
Because the re-screen arrives a beat later than the scouting report says, and the man guarding the big has to choose between the roll and the shooter with half a second to do it. He picks wrong roughly two times in three.
We know what they are running. We would like to be told what to do about it.
— Opposing assistant coach, after the game
The cost
Nine possessions, one player, thirty-one points. Harbourside are top of the league and their second-best scorer took four shots.
