Knicks Fail to Beat Miami's Pick-and-Roll Defense
by gian casimiro on Dec 29, 2010 12:00 PM EST
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PrintThe Miami Heat's pick and roll defense was covered by Bassy not too long ago and it was something I looked out for in last night's game. With it being such an integral part of the Knicks' offense, they needed to find a way to punish the Heat for showing hard on all screens. Unfortunately, Raymond Felton couldn't which led to a mediocre 5 assists (4 off his season average) and a poor shooting night going 5-13.
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Instead of trying to run around the hedge all game, which probably would've ended up in a lot of wasted lateral dribbling, Felton opted to pick up his dribble and make quick passes to the roller or out to the wing. Here he has the right idea giving it to Wilson Chandler before the defense can trap him but Dwyane Wade picked him up by leaving Landry Fields and Miami got a block.
Here are a couple of examples of Felton passing out to the wing rather than the roller. While certainly not terrible shots, the Knicks were cold going 29% from three so they weren't able to attack the defense this way either. I would have liked to see the pass come to Amar'e Stoudemire on the first clip, though, as he was picked up by Wade.
Danilo Gallinari gets the pass on the wing on this possession and drives off the head fake. Of course, this happens on too few occasions with Gallo, but the other time it did, he threw down a majestic dunk.
On this play, Chris Bosh actually chose to stay with Chandler instead of showing on the screen and the difference allowed Felton to get all the way to the basket.
Unfortunately the team had to resort to the Stat-on-Five offense with Amar'e in the post to keep up. It was successful when he made his move early before a double arrived. We know the story when it didn't work. Catch it on the elbow, turn and face up, wait five seconds before a jump shot or drive on a prepared defense.
It was frustrating to see Felton rendered so useless but he wasn't making bad decisions. Maybe the paint would've opened up for Chandler and Stoudemire to roll if more of those threes fell. But right now it doesn't look like Miami has any issue defending the oldest play in the book.
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I knew their perimeter defense was very good
But watching that again is so frustrating since they intelligently gamble by only leaving themselves vulnerable via a cross court pass or something. You’re right, on Gallo, too. I don’t mind when he has to spot up behind the line to stay an option for a kickout, but if he does receive it I wish he’d use that headfake and drive more. He’s so herky-jerky he gets a lot of calls he shouldn’t, but he’s a good shooter that shouldn’t be afraid to use the mid-range a la Rip Hamilton.
Nice work as always, gian.
in gallo's defense..
He did a couple of headfakes during the heat game, but lebron is just not biting. He’s daring gallo to make the outside shoot. If he did make a couple of 3s first, his ball fake may have been more effective.
by JVGsDietCoke on Dec 29, 2010 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
Steve Nash does well against the Miami defense
23 and 10 against them last season on 59% shooting.
10.5 and 10 against them this season on 47%. Not great. but he shows you can still do some things from the PG position against them.
to me, there is no excuse for him not to hit Amar’e immediately in the first video. I consider that play to be a bad decision.
I, too, wonder why Felton who is adjusting and learning a totally different system can't perform like a two-time MVP who's spent years perfecting it.
Throw last year’s Heat results out the window. They have absolutely no bearing on this year’s team. Just look at how many new players are in Miami. I hear they got a couple good ones in that crop. I wouldn’t take such a hardline “no excuse” stance when he’s been doing extremely well lately and got stifleda little by one of the top 5 defenses in the league.
by GAx on Dec 29, 2010 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
there are opportunities for easy buckets against the Heat
Felton wasn’t able to cash them in. period. Duhon would be able to cash them in.
it's something new for him to see...different looks
if he looks over the video tape, he can learn from it in due time… plus, GAx said it straight up… for Felton to not do what a 2 time MVP does is not surprising…
For all the things people say about Nash, he really is one of the great PGs of his time, and I’m not a huge Nash fan.
Q: Who is at left guard?
A: We'll see. What are you doing?
key word: last season
this miami team is completely different
but yea felton should have hit many open players
measuring what felton did against this heat team is not the same as what steve nash did against last years heat
The Knicks with Pringles are all about that PG.
I thought the whole night Felton was not on his game at all.
Gallo as with everything seems to be the key, but I think the entire team and Gallo himself need to learn that when the PnR is not working, he needs to get the ball off those wing passes and create. Either drop a wet one from long range, drive to the basket or drive and kick out a Turkoglu to Chandler or Fields in the corner.
Chandler obviously also is a big key there, but when Chan’s driving to the rack he’s always better served going to the basket instead of creating.
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