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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter that happens Tatum gets the ball at the top and the spacing is just tremendous for Brown and Sam Hauser on the other side.<\/p>\n
The \u201cSingle\u201d part of this play call is Hauser setting a single pin down screen for Brown.<\/p>\n When the Celtics initiate off-ball screening actions for the Jays in pursuit of mismatches, one of two outcomes typically unfolds. Either a good screen forces the switch, and the Jays get a matchup they prefer, or the player they are hunting, avoids the switch thus taking themselves out of position to help their teammate giving up a two on one.<\/p>\n Hauser delivers a well-placed screen on Andrew Wiggins, and with Herro staying back, Brown is able to come off it unimpeded into open space. With Wiggins trailing the play, the likelihood of him biting on a pump fake increase, an opening Brown exploits to attack the rim.<\/p>\n Next, Boston is able to manipulate Herro as a tag defender.<\/p>\n The start sees Queta try to set a \u201cFlare\u201d screen for Tatum early in the shot clock. A Flare screen is an off-ball screen in between the passer and the recipient.<\/p>\n But here, Tatum rejects the Flare which causes Bam Adebayo to switch onto him and off of Queta.<\/p>\n Boston then flows into a pick-and-roll between Neemias Queta and Derrick White. As the action unfolds, Tyler Herro is positioned in the corner defending Hauser; in this context, he serves as the low man and the designated \u201ctagger.\u201d<\/p>\n A tagger or tag man is the defender (usually in the corner) that is responsible for coming over and stopping the roller in a pick and roll from getting an easy layup. Herro\u2019s job here is to step over into the lane of Queta to give his teammate enough time to get back and or stop the pass from going there.<\/p>\n The hard part about this is that he still has Hauser in the corner. So, the moment White sees Herro step over like this…<\/p>\n He fires it back to Hauser causing a reckless closeout and a one dribble pull up.<\/p>\n Here they go to \u201cZoom\u201d action for Tatum.<\/p>\n We see this play start the same way as the last one, but this time Tatum uses the Flare screen from Queta. He then stays on the move, looping all the way around to get into the Zoom. Zoom is a dribble handoff where someone receives an off-ball screen to get the handoff.<\/p>\n Another good screen by Hauser gets Tatum space from the defender, and he\u2019s able to knock down the three.<\/p>\n Celtics go to Zoom again here but add some flair to it.<\/p>\n Here they go to \u201cZoom Flare\u201d which is a wrinkle I haven\u2019t seen them combine together much this season.<\/p>\n Baylor Scheierman points Luka Garza to Brown to start the Zoom action.<\/p>\n This play forces Herro to switch onto Brown after the screen, but you can see Brown\u2019s original defender, Pelle Larsson, stay close to him for a second too long creating a two on one.<\/p>\n Noticing this, Garza sets the Flare for Scheierman making it impossible for Larsson to get back, and he hits the three.<\/p>\n Here Boston goes to \u201cBLOB Stagger Reject.\u201d<\/p>\n BLOB is an acronym for Baseline out of bounds. This just refers to plays that start with the ball being inbounded on the baseline. The Stagger part of this is named after Staggered screens which are two of the same off ball screens with space between them.<\/p>\n The goal for this play is for Payton Pritchard to receive the Stagger screens and come off for a three like Brown did later in this game.<\/p>\n But one of my favorite things to say about the Celtics offense is that they do a great job of not being robots. So even though they have a set play called, they are always alert and able to play off what the defense presents.<\/p>\n So, when Hauser sees the defender go under Queta\u2019s first screen to get to the other side, he saw a perfect opportunity to reject the regular BLOB Stagger play and come out to the corner for a three.<\/p>\n To start the second half Boston goes back to mismatch hunting using a \u201cUCLA\u201d cut\/screen to get Tatum switched onto the smaller Davion Mitchell.<\/p>\n A UCLA cut is a cut off a high-post back screen for the player who passes from the top of the key to the wing.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n