The Lakers Offense vs the Jazz Offense
I'll break down why there is such a stark contrast in ball movement and teamwork between the Lakers and Jazz. It has to do with the sets that they run.
I've often mentioned that the Lakers have an outdated offensive style, because they will call a play for a certain player, and if it doesn't work, they reset, at which point it becomes pickup ball or an isolation. Even when they run an initial triangle set, you see there's only really one option (freethrow line jumper).
Here are the three of the most common plays you'll see for the Lakers:
Floppy
Byron likes to call this play for the shooter Ellington. Ellington starts under the basket and gets a double pindown to pop out for the jumper (usually mid range).
Video http://on.nba.com/1ucrt3Z
Movement http://on.nba.com/1ucrx3H
Result: The defender sees it coming and Ellington doesn't get free for the shot. The play has already reset at this point, and now you have a wing who's not a great PnR ball handler with the ball, and there's no real movement on for the Lakers on the other side. He throws to Hill for the inefficient post iso attempt which he misses.
Elbow
This is a called play for a wing, a high post split with the PG setting a pindown screen, and a play that we should all be familiar with. In this case it's Lin screening for Wes Johnson, who can either curl to the basket for a pass, or most likely pop out to get a handoff from the big.
Video http://on.nba.com/1ucspW4
Movement http://on.nba.com/1uctOvV
Result: You actually see Utah Coach Quin Snyder see the play coming and call it out. They deny the elbow, so Hill catches it further out than usual. When Wes gets the pass, they deny him the screen from Hill middle, so he tries to attack off the dribble, which is not his strength and he bricks it.
High pick and roll
Nothing too complicated here- Ed Davis sets the screen for Lin going sideline, but Lin chooses to attack middle instead.
Video http://on.nba.com/1xfas4V
Movement http://on.nba.com/1EaHUhw
Result: Where Jordan Hill chooses to stand messes the whole play up. He's up at his favorite spot, the elbow on the weak side, which means that his man is free to block the middle of the driving lane. If Davis had chosen to set the screen middle, same thing- he would have been in the way of the roll to the basket. Rather, Hill should be all the way on the baseline under the basket, so if his man helped, he'd be right there for the dunk.
So Lin runs into Hill and his man, and gives it up to him. Ellington gets the ball without an open shot, so then he runs the PnR with Hill. Now it's Davis' turn to screw up the spacing, by positioning himself on the block. Again, he should be deep next to the baseline, so that Hill has some room to roll to the basket without Davis' man blocking him (not that Hill would have chosen to roll anyway). So then Ellington gives it back to Hill, who launches a tough contested fallaway long 2 and bricks it.
Jazz Motion Offense
Now lets look at what the Jazz do. They actually run Motion Strong on almost every half court possession. It's a set borrowed from the Spurs and Hawks, and probably originally taken from the triangle offense. The trailing big (Favors), usually the inbounder, receives the ball from the PG (Burke) at the top, and then swings it to the weak side wing, Hayward. This gets them into the set early in the shot clock. The initial formation is also perfect for them to run a drag screen PnR if they wanted to.
Video: http://on.nba.com/1ucoadh
Movement: http://on.nba.com/1xCnwjH
Burke runs down to help set a double screen for the strong side wing Ingles to pop out. So now Hayward with the ball can choose to throw it into Kanters for the post up or Ingles with the double pindown. He chooses Ingles, who doesn't have the shot, so Kanters comes up to form a Horns formation (double high post). They can run a variety of different things out of this, but most frequently they run Elbow. Note that instead of the Lakers having their non-ball handler running the play, the Jazz have their PG coming off the pindown where he can run a screen roll with the big Favors on top. Favors slips the screen and rolls inside. Note that Kanters has already dropped back down to the baseline under the side of the backboard, giving Favors room to lay it up before the help defender Hill can get there.
So basically, with one set, they went through versions of several of the Laker's favorite actions, had everyone involved, and the right personnel filling each role. They didn't call anything for any particular player, trusting that their offense would get them a good shot at some point in the action, as the right players will be in positions to attack. And the spacing was right for them to threaten both the basket and the three point line. Each stage has multiple options and counters depending on what the defense wants to do. It's almost like a modern version of the triangle, but it's not exactly rocket science for a team to figure out how to string these actions together.
Here they are running it with Hayward coming off the double screen:
Video http://on.nba.com/1xCo4WR
Movement http://on.nba.com/1xCpi4e
He chooses to run Elbow on the other side, except not following through with the pindown and running the screen roll himself, which he finishes at the basket with the And1 layup. Note what the announcers are saying about the Jazz offense compared to the Lakers.
Lakers desperate attempt to isolate
Finally, here is a brilliant offensive possession by the Lakers that sums up their offense tonight perfectly. The play call looks like an isolation for Swaggy, as they try to use his screen to allow Clarkson to get him the ball.
Video http://on.nba.com/1xCr3yz
Movement http://on.nba.com/15aGY1h
You can tell there's no other option, as Clarkson tries and tries to make the pass, and ends up running 21 seconds off the clock. The other Lakers stand there like statues. Young is so heavily denied that he turns the ball over.
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I'll break down why there is such a stark contrast in ball movement and teamwork between the Lakers and Jazz. It has to do with the sets that they run.
I've often mentioned that the Lakers have an outdated offensive style, because they will call a play for a certain player, and if it doesn't work, they reset, at which point it becomes pickup ball or an isolation. Even when they run an initial triangle set, you see there's only really one option (freethrow line jumper).
Here are the three of the most common plays you'll see for the Lakers:
Floppy
Byron likes to call this play for the shooter Ellington. Ellington starts under the basket and gets a double pindown to pop out for the jumper (usually mid range).
Video http://on.nba.com/1ucrt3Z
Movement http://on.nba.com/1ucrx3H
Result: The defender sees it coming and Ellington doesn't get free for the shot. The play has already reset at this point, and now you have a wing who's not a great PnR ball handler with the ball, and there's no real movement on for the Lakers on the other side. He throws to Hill for the inefficient post iso attempt which he misses.
Elbow
This is a called play for a wing, a high post split with the PG setting a pindown screen, and a play that we should all be familiar with. In this case it's Lin screening for Wes Johnson, who can either curl to the basket for a pass, or most likely pop out to get a handoff from the big.
Video http://on.nba.com/1ucspW4
Movement http://on.nba.com/1uctOvV
Result: You actually see Utah Coach Quin Snyder see the play coming and call it out. They deny the elbow, so Hill catches it further out than usual. When Wes gets the pass, they deny him the screen from Hill middle, so he tries to attack off the dribble, which is not his strength and he bricks it.
High pick and roll
Nothing too complicated here- Ed Davis sets the screen for Lin going sideline, but Lin chooses to attack middle instead.
Video http://on.nba.com/1xfas4V
Movement http://on.nba.com/1EaHUhw
Result: Where Jordan Hill chooses to stand messes the whole play up. He's up at his favorite spot, the elbow on the weak side, which means that his man is free to block the middle of the driving lane. If Davis had chosen to set the screen middle, same thing- he would have been in the way of the roll to the basket. Rather, Hill should be all the way on the baseline under the basket, so if his man helped, he'd be right there for the dunk.
So Lin runs into Hill and his man, and gives it up to him. Ellington gets the ball without an open shot, so then he runs the PnR with Hill. Now it's Davis' turn to screw up the spacing, by positioning himself on the block. Again, he should be deep next to the baseline, so that Hill has some room to roll to the basket without Davis' man blocking him (not that Hill would have chosen to roll anyway). So then Ellington gives it back to Hill, who launches a tough contested fallaway long 2 and bricks it.
Jazz Motion Offense
Now lets look at what the Jazz do. They actually run Motion Strong on almost every half court possession. It's a set borrowed from the Spurs and Hawks, and probably originally taken from the triangle offense. The trailing big (Favors), usually the inbounder, receives the ball from the PG (Burke) at the top, and then swings it to the weak side wing, Hayward. This gets them into the set early in the shot clock. The initial formation is also perfect for them to run a drag screen PnR if they wanted to.
Video: http://on.nba.com/1ucoadh
Movement: http://on.nba.com/1xCnwjH
Burke runs down to help set a double screen for the strong side wing Ingles to pop out. So now Hayward with the ball can choose to throw it into Kanters for the post up or Ingles with the double pindown. He chooses Ingles, who doesn't have the shot, so Kanters comes up to form a Horns formation (double high post). They can run a variety of different things out of this, but most frequently they run Elbow. Note that instead of the Lakers having their non-ball handler running the play, the Jazz have their PG coming off the pindown where he can run a screen roll with the big Favors on top. Favors slips the screen and rolls inside. Note that Kanters has already dropped back down to the baseline under the side of the backboard, giving Favors room to lay it up before the help defender Hill can get there.
So basically, with one set, they went through versions of several of the Laker's favorite actions, had everyone involved, and the right personnel filling each role. They didn't call anything for any particular player, trusting that their offense would get them a good shot at some point in the action, as the right players will be in positions to attack. And the spacing was right for them to threaten both the basket and the three point line. Each stage has multiple options and counters depending on what the defense wants to do. It's almost like a modern version of the triangle, but it's not exactly rocket science for a team to figure out how to string these actions together.
Here they are running it with Hayward coming off the double screen:
Video http://on.nba.com/1xCo4WR
Movement http://on.nba.com/1xCpi4e
He chooses to run Elbow on the other side, except not following through with the pindown and running the screen roll himself, which he finishes at the basket with the And1 layup. Note what the announcers are saying about the Jazz offense compared to the Lakers.
Lakers desperate attempt to isolate
Finally, here is a brilliant offensive possession by the Lakers that sums up their offense tonight perfectly. The play call looks like an isolation for Swaggy, as they try to use his screen to allow Clarkson to get him the ball.
Video http://on.nba.com/1xCr3yz
Movement http://on.nba.com/15aGY1h
You can tell there's no other option, as Clarkson tries and tries to make the pass, and ends up running 21 seconds off the clock. The other Lakers stand there like statues. Young is so heavily denied that he turns the ball over.
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