Chicago: Pin-Down into Handoff into Step-Up
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Chicago: Pin-Down into Handoff into Step-Up
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Horns: 1 at the top, 4 and 5 at the elbows, 2 the shooter in the right corner, 3 in the left corner. Why Chicago starts from Horns: the elbow big is the handoff hub, and the corner shooter is already where the pin-down ends.
4 pops from the right elbow to the slot. Why the big pops first: the handoff is his, and he has to have the ball at the slot before the point cuts.
1 passes to 4 at the slot and the defense sags off the big. Why the sag: a big with the ball at the slot is a big most defenders leave, and the sag is the room the handoff needs.
1 cuts down the lane to set a pin-down on X2 in the right corner while 4 dribbles toward the wing. Why the point screens: he is the last player the defense expects to screen, and his defender is the last to help.
1 sets the pin-down on X2. Why it is set facing the handoff: 2 has to come off it straight at 4's dribble.
2 jab-steps and sprints over 1's pin-down into 4's handoff at the wing. The read is X2: he trails. Why the read is the handoff defender: Teach Hoops' rule is to find whether the shooter's man is in lock-and-trail, and trailing means the corner is the handler's.
4 hands the ball to 2 at the wing and ducks to the right block; 5 drops from the left elbow to the right short corner. Why 5 drops low: the step-up comes from below the ball, and a big in the short corner is one the help forgets.
4 ducks to the right block and 5 slides to the right short corner as 2 holds the wing with X2 behind him. Why the duck: the big who handed off is now a seal on the block, and his defender has to decide between him and the step-up.
5 steps up from the short corner and sets a step-up ball screen on X2, his back to the sideline. Why the step-up: it points the handler baseline-to-middle, which is the direction a trailing defender cannot recover to.
2 comes off the step-up toward the middle, 5 rolls, 1 lifts to the slot, and X5 drops to the elbow. The read: X5 is dropped. Why the middle: the step-up sends 2 away from the sideline, and the roller follows into the lane behind him.
2 pulls up at the elbow over the dropped X5. Score. Why the pull-up: a dropped big gives the elbow, and a handler who has come off a step-up is already square to the rim there.
Next trip, the adjustment: the defense switches the handoff, X4 jumping to 2 as he takes it and X2 staying on 4. Reset to Horns. Why the switch: it is the one way to be on the shooter at the handoff, and it puts a guard on the big who ducks.
1 brings the ball back to the top and Horns is rebuilt. Why the full reset: the counter is a Chicago play, and the defense's switch is an answer to Chicago.
4 pops to the slot again. Why the same start: the counter needs the defense to switch the handoff it saw.
1 passes to 4 at the slot. The read for the counter is coming: the defense has decided to switch the handoff, which will put X2, the smaller defender, on 4. Why the switch costs the defense: the player it puts the guard on is the one who ducks to the rim.
4 dribbles to the wing, 1 pins down for 2, and 2 sprints into the handoff with X4 stepping up to switch onto him. Why the play runs the same: the counter needs the switch to happen first.
4 hands off to 2 and X4 takes him; X2 is left on 4. Why the handoff still happens: the switch has to commit before the seal can be set.
The counter: 4 ducks to the block and seals X2, the smaller switched defender, on his back, while 5 steps up from the short corner to screen and pull X5 away from the block. Why the seal: Hooptactics' rule for the switched handoff is that the screener seals the dribbler's original defender and posts, because that defender is the smallest player on the floor.
2 enters the ball to 4 on the seal and 4 scores over the guard. Score. Why the switch loses: it stopped the shooter and gave the big the smallest defender on the floor.
4 finishes over the mismatch. Score. Why Chicago is worth three actions: each one asks the defense a question, and switching the middle one answers the third for the offense.
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