How did the Lakers use Step-Up P&R tactics to develop positional warfare offenses?

Tactical execution determine the winner and loser of the game. ——Eric Spoelstra.

Tactics are the soul of the team. In many cases, the execution of tactics often determines the trend of the game. Learning to understand tactical charts, understand the position formation and execution changes will better help you understand the game.

Starting from this issue, we will disassemble the Lakers' position tactical content in the 22-23 season from simple to difficult, frame by frame, aiming to help more basketball enthusiasts understand the tactical connotation.

This round came from the 22-23 playoffs and the sixth game between the Lakers and the first round against the Grizzlies. At the beginning of the tactics, the Lakers first took 4 out and 1 inside. Xiao Hei took the ball in the backcourt and made a gesture to Thomas Eyebrow to set a cover to Jones. After Thomas Eyebrow passed to halftime, Thomas Eyebrow raised the ghost screen for Thomas Eyebrow, and then followed the assist from Thomas Eyebrow to perform a shocking dunk.

At the moment of pick-and-roll, 3J chose weak delay to avoid Xiao Hei's straight to the basket and making an easy layup. However, because Thick Eyebrow chose false cover, the mobility is stronger than the 3J who retreated to defend, and the conditions for taking off are more comfortable, and finally completed the famous scene of dunking DOPY.

Create a mobile phone opportunity through simple arc top pick-and-roll, which is the "Step-Up P&R" in Hamm's tactical book. Usually, the screener will quickly move from the low position to the high position, setting up a ball screen for the ball holder. The screener can choose roll or pop according to the actual situation.

Step up: Lifting the screen

P&R (Pick&R): Pick and roll down

Review just now, if 3J is afraid of the threat of the thick eyebrows and chooses to retreat too much, then Xiao Hei, who holds the ball, can finish the end in the near box.

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Danime still chose to set up covers for Xiao Hei at the high position, but Xiao Hei did not break through directly after borrowing the cover. Instead, he first observed the defensive position until Morant squeezed over the cover and broke through instantly, threw away the defense, and scored in the 3J without shaking his power.

Although this tactic seems simple, it only uses a high-level cover and pick-and-roll as the core structure, in actual use, it can derive a variety of changes based on different game scenes and on-field situations.

When the ball holder chooses to attack in the middle after taking advantage of the pick-and-roll, many situations will occur: the cover is instantly delayed, which can break through the face frame and end; the cover is instantly delayed, which can obtain comfortable out-of-the-box opportunities by quickly exiting the ball; weak side defense can obtain empty opportunities through conduction.

This is the first situation: Xiaoli used the high cover of the dark eyebrows to break through in the middle, stuck Morant's position, and ended the throw in the near-frame area.

This is the second situation: Tillman made a forced delay in the screening of Davis High-Level. Li passed it to James on the left, who pretended to pass the ball to mobilize the opponent's defense, and then passed the ball to Russell, the bottom corner, and made a three-pointer.

This is the third situation: Xiaoli encountered Dillon's card swipe to defend, and then jumped to Vanderbilt on the weak side. At this time, Aldama directly shorted and recovered the inside, and Van Debiao successfully seized the three-point opportunity.

After a major change in the middle of the season, the Lakers successfully entered the Western Conference Finals with this new team and remained until the first half of the season. During this period, Ham is particularly interested in taking 4 out of 1 inside as a regular position, and "Step-Up P&R" is the Lakers' most conventional play, aiming to create offensive opportunities for the ball holders.

I wonder if you have any new ideas after seeing this? If you have Lakers Playbook resources for the 24-25 season, I hope you can share it!