Doc Rivers LA Clippers Horns Basketball Plays by Wes Kosel

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July 28, 2014

Doc Rivers LA Clippers Horns Basketball Plays by Wes Kosel

Attached in this playbook are 3 horns set plays used by Los Angeles Clippers Head Coach Doc Rivers. Rivers just completed his 15th year as a head coach in the NBA. Before starting his coaching career, Rivers played in the NBA for 13 seasons. During those 13 seasons he played for the Atlanta Hawks, LA Clippers, New York Knicks, and San Antonio Spurs. As a coach, he has won 7 division titles (6 with the Celtics, 1 with the Clippers). He has won 70 games in his playoff coaching career reaching the NBA finals two times and winning an NBA Championship in 2008 with the Boston Celtics.

Doc Rivers LA Clippers Horns Basketball Plays – Horns Post Entry

In this post entry play, the point guard passes to 5 at the high post. Once 5 has the ball, 4 makes a hard cut to the rim looking for the direct pass for a lay-up or a lob pass for a dunk. Often Blake Griffin will be at the 4 spot and look to catch his defender sleeping. If 4 isn’t open, 1 screens for 2 in the corner. 2 cuts up off of the screen looking for a shot, but if he doesn’t have one he moves towards 5 to set a ball-screen. This little on big ball-screen can catch the defense in an unfamiliar situation. 5 drives middle as 2 rolls to the basket.

Doc Rivers LA Clippers Horns Basketball Plays – Horns 5-3 Repeat

This play is designed to get 3 open. 5 screens down for 3 in the corner as 3 curls around the screen looking for the pass from 1. If 3 isn’t open, he turns to cut off a second screen from 5. 1 looks to pass to 3 on the wing for a shot.

Doc Rivers LA Clippers Horns Basketball Plays – Horns Down-Wheel

In this play, 1 dribbles to the left wing then uses the staggered ball-screen from 5 and 4 to attack the middle of the floor. As 1 is dribbling towards the wing, 3 moves from the corner to the opposite low post. As 1 drives middle, 2 screens down for 3 and 5 sets a flare screen for 4. 1 looks to shoot, pass to 3 on the wing, or pass to 4 flaring to the opposite wing.

Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Doug Novak at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Kosel joined the staff at Bethel after serving two seasons at Texas Lutheran University and one season at Haskell Indian Nations University. Kosel has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Kansas, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and taught weight training and aerobic fitness courses while coaching at Texas Lutheran. He has coached AAU programs, volunteered with elementary and middle school basketball teams, and has worked basketball camps for various programs including the Houston Rockets, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.