Frank Vogel 2016 NBA Playoff Set Plays by Gibson Pyper
Frank Vogel and the Indiana Pacers had a divorce at the end of the 2015-16 NBA season that saw the Pacers exit after the first round. Frank Vogel has some very good offensive sets, especially after time outs and the end of games. In order to switch from a 2-big lineup with Hibbert and West from the early 2013 season to the great play through Paul George, being able to have different ways to play is key. You will love the Frank Vogel 2016 NBA Playoff Set Plays. Take a look at them.
Frank Vogel 2016 NBA Playoff Set Plays: Weak 3 Down
Frank Vogel loves to run San Antonio Spurs motion offense variations, both Strong and Weak. Running motion weak was a staple of the offense for the playoffs and he had some variations that allowed Paul George to get touches in the post against mismatches. After the point guard cuts through to the opposite side and the ball gets reversed, typically the 3 man (Paul George) would cut inside and set a cross screen for the big and then come off a down screen. Calling this set for a Paul George post touch when he has a mismatch, he turns inside and seals his man in the post.
Frank Vogel 2016 NBA Playoff Set Plays: Weak 3 Down Hammer
A playcall late in games or when the Pacers needed a 3, the same action to get Paul George a post touch allows this set to work. After George receives the ball in the post he fakes like he will go to the basket and attacks the baseline looking for a hammer screen that 5 will set for 2 to get a shot in the corner. If the hammer screen is covered they have a built in option for a throwback to 1 to receives a pass.
Frank Vogel 2016 NBA Playoff Set Plays: Zipper Get Flare
One of the most effective sets that the Indiana Pacers ran under Vogel was a Zipper cut into a ballscreen with a flare screen after it. This can be designed against teams that run ICE defense or force the ball away from the ballscreen, or teams that drop as well against it. The guard you want attacking off the ball screen comes off the zipper cut, after the big sets the screen he relocates under to the opposite side. After the point guard passes to the 2 guard, he then attacks off the ballscreen as a decoy almost faking like he is looking to attack off the ballscreen. As the guard attacks the opposite big sets a flare screen for the guard on the weak side to the corner to look to get a shot.
Frank Vogel 2016 NBA Playoff Set Plays: 23 High Rip & Ricky
A Princeton set starting with players high, the point guard dribble hands off to the guard on the wing (Paul George). After the hand off, a quick ball reversal to the opposite wing and the player who reverses dives to the corner. Paul George then cuts hard toward the ball and then off the backscreen from the big in the middle of the floor. The second option off of this action is after Paul George cuts off the backscreen he then comes off a down screen from the big to get a shot at the top of the key.
Frank Vogel 2016 NBA Playoff Set Plays: Elbow Duck Leak – Rip Option
Doc Rivers and the Boston Celtics ran a nice elbow set for Paul Pierce that really hurt teams with Pierce faking a screen and leaking out into a down screen. Similar to a Horns set, the ball gets passed from the point guard to the big at the elbow. The opposite wing, in most cases Pierce/George for Indiana, dives into the paint, almost faking a duck in to the paint for a post touch. Big at the elbow passes to opposite elbow, and the 3 man fakes a cross screen for the guard on the wing who cuts into the paint, and George comes off a down screen from the big at the elbow. Typically this option is open due to the fact that Pierce and George can freeze their defenders to get open for a shot. In the playoffs this year, the Pacers ran this set all the way through to this option, but then added a counter after time out with the guard who is at the block coming off a down screen from the big at the elbow. When 2 catches the ball, Paul George then cuts off a backscreen from the big at the opposite elbow to get a lob for a dunk. This set worked great for Frank Vogel both as an after time out counter as well as the normal set.
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