Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls ATO Plays by Hugo Bosivert
Christmas day is always exciting for Basketball fans all around the world as they have a chance to watch NBA games on national television for an entire day. One of the matchups on the 25th was the Chicago Bulls visiting the Oklahoma City Thunder. This was an opportunity to see Fred Hoiberg and Billy Donovan head to head on a big stage.
I watched the game and picked up all of the ATO sets from both teams. Here they are.
Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls ATO Plays – Elevator Set Play
The bulls ran this set for Doug McDermott playing the 2. They begin in a Horns formation and enter the ball to the pinch post. Typical elbow action the point guard screens down for the 2. The call here is to curl knowing that the defense will stay attached to McDermott, which frees up 1 on the wing after his screen. 2 will then explode and use the elevator screens set by 4 and 5.
Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls ATO Plays – Bulls Iverson cut
This set is a counter to the usual «Iverson» cut action the Bulls like to run with Butler and Gasol. Here instead of feeding Butler, they will bring the 5 up to ball screen the point guard right after Butler has come off. They did not have much success with this set since they come back and attack on the same side with the ball screen. I believe they would have had better scoring opportunities by going away from Butler since his man is attached to him anticipating the «Iverson» cut.
Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls ATO Plays – Bulls late game Butler back cut
Here is a set the Bulls ran in crunch time. They start off with a zipper screen to give the ball inside to Gasol. Butler curls this screen all the way to the rim. As the ball enters the post, Butler acts as if he is going to use the screen set by 4 and back cuts hard to the rim. Not sure if the back cut was scripted or not on this play but either way this was great offense.
Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls ATO Plays – Bulls lob play
On this set, 5 is trailing the play and will come off the 4 man to screen for Butler. After his screen 5 shapes up on the wing and receives the entry pass. Butler continues his cut and curls off the second screen set by 4 for a lob. They execution on this play was spot on and they got a clean dunk for Butler.
Fred Hoiberg Chicago Bulls ATO Plays – Bulls screen the screener into Horns
On this set, 1 will start by dribbling at 3 which triggers a basket cut and a cross screen for 5. After his screen, 3 will receive a down screen from the trailer. If they don’t have an advantage here, they will feed 3 on top and flow into Horns.
OKC late Westbrook flare screen off Durant isolation
Here is a set ran by OKC in crunch time. This is simply a tweak off their usual Durant isolation. The trailer (5) begins by down screening to free up Durant at the high post. They decide to set a flair screen for Westbrook with the 4. Unfortunately, they got called for an illegal screen on this sequence.
OKC screen the screener
OKC opened the second quarter with this set. 1 begins by entering the ball to 4 on the wing and fills the opposite wing. 5 will come to the top and they reverse the ball back to the point guard. As this action occurs, 2 and 3 will exchange on the baseline to occupy the defense. When to ball is passed back to 1, 3 will screen for 4 and then come off 5’s down screen.
OKC Westbrook ball screen
They use this set to get Westbrook in a ball screen situation near the rim so the defense can’t go underneath. He begins by entering the ball to the wing and cutting to the rim. 5 will cut to the high post and 2 will fill the top. As they reverse to 2, Westbrook comes off 4’s screen and catches near the paint. At this point 5 has a great angle to ball screen Westbrook’s defender. 4 spaces to the three point line and 2 cuts to the weak side after passing the ball. They got a lay up for Westbrook on this play.
OKC Westbrook/Durant ball screen
Here is a very simple but effective set used by the Thunder. Westbrook will dribble to the wing as 2 sets a screen on Durant trailing the play. Durant will immediately ball screen Westbrook and roll to the rim. Here they cleared out the ball side corner which got them a lay up from Durant on the roll.
OKC Westbrook/Durant down screen
The last set is one you have been accustomed to if you watched the Thunder for the last couple years under Scott Brooks. Here Westbrook will simply give the ball to 4 at the high post and screen down for Durant. These 2 are used to playing off each other in this particular action and here Durant makes a great read to curl and he gets a dunk.
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