Let’s pretend…

Sun 8th Jan, 2006, english

Let’s pretend, just for a moment, we’re Danny Ainge. We have to “save” the Celtics, a program nobody has fulfilled in the recent years. Neither did the real Ainge, anyway. So, the task is a difficult one. How would we act?
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Back-door Cut

Sat 10th Dec, 2005, tecnica, english

Attacking the basket is not so difficult. The offensive plays (the ones which work better) are based upon cuts: to the basket, to the ball, away from the ball …

The back-door cut is a cut to the basket. The player should make a move toward the ball, so the player’s defender follow him/her; immediatly the player points his/her advanced foot - the nearest to the sideline: if you are on the left part of the floor, you should point firmly your right foot, and viceversa - on the floor and changes direction (the V cut), now going to the basket, behind the back of the defender.
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