{"id":18301,"date":"2026-09-03T16:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/herons-fourth-quarter\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:44:37","slug":"herons-fourth-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/herons-fourth-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Harbourside\u2019s fourth-quarter engine runs on one impossible shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n\n

The action<\/h2>\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n

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The release point on the eighth of nine: 29 feet, two defenders, no hesitation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Why it keeps working<\/h2>\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n

We know what they are running. We would like to be told what to do about it.<\/p>\u2014 Opposing assistant coach, after the game<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

The cost<\/h2>\n\n

Nine possessions, one player, thirty-one points. Harbourside are top of the league and their second-best scorer took four shots.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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