NEW ORLEANS PELICANS MOVEMENT AROUND DERIK QUEEN

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS MOVEMENT AROUND DERIK QUEEN

All right, guys. Play of the day presented by the Scott Vicer Injury Law Firm. Absolutely love the way the Pelicans operate around Derek Queen. So, as you’ll see, Derrick Queen’s going to catch the top of the key. And look at all the offball movement here. So, the first action is figures are going to be slot cutting through. McGawans is going to lift up. So, as we roll the clip here, you’re going to see the cut through. McGawans is going to lift up. Now, McGawans goes baseline, gets cut off, draws two on the ball. And I love the action here from the Pelicans on the counter. So queen instead of staying at the top of the key actually cuts to make himself available. McGawan is going to throw here to the middle and here comes José Alvarado actually on the circle back. So when that action happens, we get it to queen. And as you see on the top side, Peavey actually thinks about going back door, but Carter the defender does a nice job of realizing that. But what now happens is queen faces up. Here comes José Alvarado on the back cut. This defender now has to recover that way and it’s going to lead to a straight line drive on the left hand side here for Queen. Great job of a sweep through. Gathers himself. Look at the pump fake. Gets Patrick Williams, a really good defender, up in the air. Lets him come down and it’s a layup. And this is the way the Pelicans have been operating around Derek Queen. They don’t play so fast with Derek Queen. There’s a lot of offball movement. There’s a lot of back doors, a lot of slot cuts, and then Derek Queen at the top of the key can operate, scan the defense, and make decisions like this. Great job here from Derek Queen uh late in the third quarter.