The Boston Celtics earned their fourth consecutive win with a 140–122 street victory over the Indiana Pacers.
Jaylen Brown and Payton Pritchard led the best way, combining for 69 factors, 12 rebounds, and 9 assists, whereas Sam Hauser offered a decisive set off the bench. Hauser caught fireplace from past the arc, scoring a season-high 23 factors and pulling down seven of his eight three-point makes an attempt. The efficiency marked a pointy turnaround after a short taking pictures droop — he had eclipsed the 33 % mark from deep simply as soon as over his earlier 5 video games.
Coach Joe Mazzulla stated postgame that in fact it’s good when Hauser hits his photographs, however it’s totally different when guys are searching for him.
“It’s nice when he’s making photographs however it’s even higher after we discover him. I believed tonight we did a terrific job looking for him — pin downs in transition, getting him going off kicks out.”
And that strategy turns into apparent once you have a look at the movie.
Right here the Celtics play good Mazzulla ball, benefiting from numerical outnumbering getting Hauser his first three.
Luka Garza, who did a terrific job screening all evening, units the display screen in transition for Brown and that begins all the things. The display screen forces the opposing middle, Tony Bradley, to be on the stage on the display screen for only a second. As Garza rolls, Bradley drops, however Brown does a terrific job attacking which finally forces the change. Brown will get off the ball; Hauser units a Ghost display screen and will get to the nook.
Ball finds Brown on the prime of the important thing and that change he acquired earlier pays dividends. Pacers take no possibilities and double Brown as quickly as he dribbles. He kicks out and the best passes are made for a rating.
Subsequent Hauser will get an open look due to the Garza massive physique.
To start out, Hauser neatly rejects the Flare Garza was about to set him due to the aggressive protection of Jarace Walker. Garza and Pritchard get right into a two-man sport and when the ball finds Garza once more, he instantly will get it to Hauser. They get right into a choose and roll, and a terrific display screen is adopted by a terrific shot.
Right here the Celtics go to “Finland” motion.
“Finland” is a display screen the screener motion that the Finnish nationwide crew likes to run for Lauri Markkanen and it’s when “77” motion is mixed with a again/rip display screen right into a pin down.
77 motion, is 2 on ball screens which can be known as “double drag.”
As you see right here, Baylor Scheierman is the primary display screen and Neemias Queta is the second.
Then after Baylor screens, Hauser alerts to him that he’s going to set the again display screen.
Pascal Siakam analysis and avoids the display screen, however the mission was completed. The purpose of the shooter setting the again display screen is to get his defender to both pause for a second, get off his physique to assist on the display screen, or miscommunicate the protection along with his teammate.
Johnny Furphy stops his ft for slightly period of time, however that provides Hauser all of the separation he wants. Hauser then runs to the Queta pin down.
This barely turns right into a Flare due to how Furphy performed it.
On this play, the Celtics run “Horns Chest” to circulate into “Flip Zoom.”
Chest is an motion that the crew has actually beloved this yr. That is when a shooter units an on-ball display screen then receives a Flare display screen. The on-ball display screen can both be a daily one or a Ghost display screen.
Normally that is the primary motion, and the ball would go to Hauser right here for a glance however proper after they get into the Flip Zoom. “Zoom” is a kind of dribble handoff the place there’s a pin down for somebody to go get the handoff. The “Flip” half is added right here as a result of Jordan Walsh actually turns into the pin down.
The good display screen by Walsh will get Hauser a lot separation from his defender, and he receives the handoff and drains the three.
Bear in mind when Mazzulla talked about these pin downs in transition? Right here they’re.
Celtics are going to have Luka Garza set “Veer” screens on the following two performs. Veer screens are when an enormous acts like they’re going to set an on-ball display screen, then sprints right into a pin down as you see Queta do right here.
This primary one doesn’t get Hauser a 3 however a again display screen after the Veer lets him reduce open and get fouled.
The very subsequent possession, we get a extremely good one from Garza, opening up Hauser for a shot.
