Where and how exactly Toronto lost last night’s game at Utah
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Toronto Raptors 91
UTAH JAZZ 104
Wed Nov 18 2009 - Game Scoreboard
At the 9:20 mark of the 4th quarter this was a 2 possession game with the Jazz leading, 83-79.
If you look at the Full-Play-By-Play for the next 5 minutes and 20 seconds, what you should be able to see during this sequence is that:
Toronto had 14 offensive possessions.
Utah had 11 offensive possessions.
Toronto committed 3 Turnovers.
Utah commited just 1 Turnover.
Toronto took 9 shots outside of the lane [and made only 1].
Utah took 0 shots outside of the lane.
Toronto scored just 3 points [1/3FG].
Utah scored 12 points [4 FTs; 4/2FGs].
If you then watch the game-tape closely … specifically … this is how each of the offensive possessions for the Raptors and Jazz actually broke down:
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UTAH JAZZ |
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Jack |
Belinelli |
Turkoglu |
Johnson |
Bargnani |
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Maynor |
Williams |
Kirilenko |
Millsap |
Boozer |
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Play Action |
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Play Action |
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9:20 |
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Maynor, DLU, make [vs Jack, contested], 85-79 |
1, Wing entry pass to 2; 1, UCLA cut; 2-5 Wing Pick with weak side Staggered Screens; Split dribble; Kick-out Pass to 1 [right Wing]; 1, Driving Layup |
1 |
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1 |
4 & 5 Double High Picks for 1; 1, Kick-out Pass to 2 [weak side Corner] |
Belinelli, J3, miss [vs Williams, in rotation; open] |
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Williams/Kirilenko, TO-1 [Bad pass] |
2, Wing iso; 3, weak side flash cut middle; 2 Pass to 3 |
2 |
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8:33 |
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Official Time-out |
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Calderon |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Johnson |
Bargnani |
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Maynor |
Williams |
Brewer |
Kirilenko |
Millsap |
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2 |
1-5 Wing Pick & Roll, Pass Across to 4; 4, Pass to 5; Pass deflected by X4; 5 tied up for jump-ball; 5 losses jump-ball |
Bargnani, TO-1 |
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Brewer, LU, miss [vs Belinelli, open] |
2, Wing entry pass to 1; 2 UCLA cut; 1-5 Wing Pick with weak side Staggered Screens; 5, Slip the Pick with weak side Tornado [3 flash cut to middle & 2 pop out]; 1, Pass to 5; 5, Pass to 3 |
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3 |
2-4 Wing Pick & Roll; 2, Drive middle; 2 Kick-out Pass to 1 [right Corner]; 1, Pass to 2 |
Jack, J3, miss [vs Brewer, in rotation; open] |
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4 |
5, weak side flash cut middle; fouled by Kirilenko; 1-4 High middle Pick & Roll; 1, Drive middle |
Calderon, PUJ, miss [vs Williams, open] |
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7:23 |
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Maynor, TAJ [middle], fouled [Bargnani]; FT, make, 86-79; FT, make, 87-79 |
2, Wing entry pass to 3; 2 UCLA cut; 3-5 Wing Pick with weak side Staggered Screens; 5, Step-out; 3 Pass to 5; weak side Tornado [1 flash cut to middle & 2 pop out]; 5, Pass to 1 [right Block] |
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Calderon |
Belinelli |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
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Maynor |
Williams |
Kirilenko |
Millsap |
Boozer |
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5 |
3-4 High Middle Pick & Roll; 3, Pass to 4 [weak side Top]; 4, Pass to 1 [left Corner] |
Calderon, J3, miss [vs Boozer, in rotation; open] |
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Boozer, JHS, miss [vs Bosh, contested] |
1, in transition, Pass to 5 [Front rim] |
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Kirilenko, DLU, miss [vs Calderon; contested by Bargnani] |
Scramble; 3, Drive middle |
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6 |
1, in transition, Pass to 5; 5, shot fake, drive right; fouled [Millsap]; 3-4 High Pick & Roll; 3, Pass to 4 [weak side Top] |
Bargnani, J3, miss [vs Millsap; open] |
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7 |
4, left Block isolation |
Bosh, J2, miss [vs Boozer, contested] |
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8 |
Scramble; 2, Drive middle |
Belinelli, DLU, miss [open] |
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9 |
3-4 High Wing Pick & Roll; 3, Drive middle |
Turkoglu, TO-2 [stripped by Kirilenko] |
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Maynor, DLU, make [uncontested run-out], 89-79 |
5, Pass to 2; 2, in transition, Pass to 1 |
7 |
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10 |
1-4 High Middle Pick, in transition |
Calderon, PUJ2, miss [vs Maynor; open] |
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2, drive in transition; fouled [Calderon]; |
8 |
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5:50 |
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Time-out |
Regular |
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Maynor, JHS, make [vs Calderon, contested], 91-79 |
2, Wing entry pass to 1; 2, UCLA cut; 1-5 Wing Pick with weak side Staggered Screens; 5, Slip Pick; 1 Pass to 5; 5 Kick-out Pass to 2 [weak side Wing]; 5, flash cut middle; 1, Pass to 5; 5, Kick-out Pass to 4 [right Wing/Corner]; 4, Pass to 2; ball deflected out-of-bounds; 1, curl cut to basket [Stack formation]; 3, in-bounds Pass to 1 [weak side block]; 1, mid-post isolation |
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11 |
4, low-post isolation [right Block]; Kick-out Pass to 1; 4, re-post; 1, Pass to 4 |
Bosh, TAJ2, miss [vs Millsap, contested] |
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Kirilenko, J2, make [vs Bosh, uncontested], 93-79 |
2, middle drive in transition; Kick-out Pass to 3 [FT line] |
9 |
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12 |
2-5 High Wing Pick & Pop; 2, drive middle |
Belinelli, DLU, miss [vs Boozer & Millsap, contested] |
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Kirilenko, FT, make, 94-79; FT, make, 95-79 |
2, in transition, Pass Ahead to 3 [vs Turkoglu]; 3, fouled [Bosh] |
10 |
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13 |
3-4 High Middle Pick & Roll; 3, drive right; fouled [Kirilenko]; 4, in-bounds Pass to 5 [top]; 5, Pass across to 3; 1, Back Screen for 4; 4, flash cut to middle; 3, Pass to 2 [left FT line extended]; 2, Pass to 4 [left Mid-post]; 5, flash cut to front rim; 4, Pass to 5 |
Bargnani, TO-3 [stripped by Boozer] |
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Boozer, DLU, miss [vs Bosh, in rotation, contested] |
1, dribble into left Wing; 2, shallow cut to Top; 2, UCLA cut; 5, Wing Pick with weak side Staggered Screens; 5, Slip Pick; 1, Pass to 5 |
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4:00 |
14 |
3-4 High Middle Pick, in transition; 3, drive middle; 3, Kick-out Pass to 1 [right Top] |
Calderon, J3, make [vs Maynor, uncontested], 95-82 |
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What you should then be able to see is:
A. Just how ineffective the Raptors were with their ”High Middle/High Wing/Wing Pick” Series;
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B. Just how effective the Jazz were using their “UCLA Cut” Series and ”Transition Attack”;
in terms of generating high percentage shot attempts, in the lane, or from the free throw line … none of which should come as much of a surprise, at least, to those of you who paid attention to what was first written here on Sep 18 2009:
Thumb-down 35 special … for the Raptors
The fact is …
Not only is the Raptors’ defense performing in a poor way, thus far this season, but … when crunch time arrives in important games vs a Quality Opponent [.500+], or in last night’s case, vs an opponent that is particularly well-schooled in its own highly potent offensive and defensive [i.e. with designated helps and specific rotations] systems … so, too, is their offense, which is based primarily on the 3-5 Pick & Roll/Pop action.
Executing well, offensively, in the NBA isn’t just about “making the open shots your players happen to get” but, also … and, more importantly … “getting the specific type of open shots which your players can make on a consistent basis.”
There’s a big difference between these two types of shot attempts. 
