{"id":22085,"date":"2015-08-22T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T18:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/?p=22085"},"modified":"2020-08-27T19:14:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:14:24","slug":"san-antonio-spurs-zipper-plays-by-wes-kosel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/san-antonio-spurs-zipper-plays-by-wes-kosel\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs Zipper Plays by Wes Kosel"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs Zipper Plays<\/h1>\n

Attached in this playbook are 3 zipper plays from San Antonio Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich including a horns set play, a box set play, and a secondary play. The Spurs are coming off of a 55-27 record and a 3rd<\/sup> place finish in the Southwest Division. The Spurs lost to the Clippers in the First Round of the NBA Playoffs pushing the series to 7 games. Before that, the Spurs had finished 1st<\/sup> in the Southwest Division 4 straight seasons. In Coach Popovich\u2019s time with the Spurs (1996 \u2013 present), he has won 1022 games to 470 losses. The Spurs have also made 18 playoff appearances, won 12 division titles, won 6 conference titles, and 5 NBA Championships under Coach Popovich. The next closest Coach in number of wins behind Coach Popovich is Doug Moe, who Coached the Spurs from 1976 \u2013 1980. Stan Albeck and Larry Brown each have 153 wins as head coaches of the Spurs.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs Zipper Plays \u2013 Horns Dribble Zipper<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 dribbles left pushing 2 into a zipper cut around 5. 1 passes to 2. Once 2 has the ball, 4 sets a wide pin-down screen for 3 in the corner. 2 looks to pass to 3 cutting to the basket.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs Zipper Plays \u2013 Box Zipper Triple<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 dribbles right as 2 makes a zipper cut off of 4\u2019s screen. 1 passes to 2. 2 then dribbles left as 1 cuts around a triple staggered-screen from 4, 3, and 5.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs Zipper Plays \u2013 Secondary Zipper<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 dribbles to the left wing pushing 3 around 5 on a zipper cut. 1 passes to 3 then cuts down below 5 and back out to the perimeter. If 1 isn\u2019t open, 3 dribbles right as 1 cuts across the floor around a triple staggered-screen from 5, 4, and 2.<\/p>\n

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Wes Kosel just completed his first year as an assistant coach for men\u2019s basketball under Head Coach Andy Partee at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. Kosel joined the staff at Colorado College after serving two seasons as an assistant coach 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 a Master\u2019s Degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a certified personal trainer (NSCA-CPT), 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, USA Basketball, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n