Erick Blasco Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Knowing that Gay’s defender was going to stick to his hip around the screen, thus making a jump shot tough to complete (if Gay pulls up for a jumper with his defender still on his hip, it would get blocked from behind), Bogut defends the lane ready to cut off any dribble-drive attempt from Gay. Bogut reads Gay’s move and gets his feet set. Gay lowers his shoulder and Bogut absorbs the contact and draws the offensive foul, preserving the Bucks’ lead. After facing up, Salmons uses a screen set by Andrew Bogut. This is a fantastic screen set by Bogut, he bodied Salmons’ defender (Rudy Gay) up, and stopped him in his tracks. Because of the screen, Gay was unable to get over the screen and stick to Salmons’ hip. Gasol defends the screen the same way Bogut did (played off waiting for dribble penetration), however there wasn’t a defender over the top, and it allowed John Salmons to pull up for the easy jumper. This basket gave the Bucks the lead, and they would hold it for the remainder of the game. http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/03/29/andrew-bogut-does-the-little-things-in-a-bucks-win/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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