{"id":549808,"date":"2016-11-07T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T00:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=549808"},"modified":"2016-11-07T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T00:24:10","slug":"the-clippers-15-halfcourt-pick-and-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/the-clippers-15-halfcourt-pick-and-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clippers\u2019 1\/5 Halfcourt Pick and Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last play break down of the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/analyzing-the-league\/pick-your-poison-with-the-clippers-double-high-screen\/\">Double High screen<\/a>, one of the options out of the set was to get Chris Paul either a drive toward the basket, jump shot, pass to a shooter, or, throw a lob to DeAndre Jordan, who is usually trailing after setting a screen for Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Well, with the incredible passing ability that Paul possesses, and the shear athleticism Jordan has, the duo can run a very unique pick and roll set that can yield some very efficient results if the defense isn\u2019t prepared for it.<\/p>\n<p>That such pick and roll set is the Clippers\u2019 1\/5 Midcourt pick and roll. Yes, you read that right, Halfcourt. Here\u2019s how the play diagram looks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-549811\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2016\/11\/screenshot-110.png\" alt=\"screenshot-110\" width=\"287\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If executed correctly, the play can be very tough for a defense to stop because if Paul or the point guard can get past his defender (PG) with the screen from 5 (center, Jordan) at midcourt, an opposing big is forced to guard Paul coming at them with speed, which means the center, or Jordan, will likely have no one or a smaller player trying to stop them from successfully throwing down a dunk off a lob pass.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Paul beats the big defender off the screen and a wing defender is forced to switch onto Paul, it allows Paul to pass to that corner shooter, and then, the corner shooter can make several decisions: A) shoot the open corner 3, B) drive in for a layup or dunk, or C) throw the lob to Jordan as the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>The video clip below shows two ways the Clippers successfully used the 1\/5 Halfcourt pick-and-roll effectively in their recent games against the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=&#8221;9bc43f06f119bb46f4ce2cd1c8f49f00-114320562-25928832&#8243; info=&#8221;https:\/\/streamable.com\/e\/1bbi&#8221; width=&#8221;560&#8243; height=&#8221;278&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; scrolling=&#8221;no&#8221;]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last play break down of the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 Double High screen, one of the options out of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":549811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[551457,1389815,104105],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - 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