How Did He Get THIS Open?! *GENIUS PLAY*

This is one of the most creative play calls that you’ll ever see. Follow D'angelo Russell as he’s gonna set a screen under the basket, and then sprint towards the 3 point line using the pick from Towns. But this is a familiar play so at this moment you can see Jae Crowder is signaling that he’ll switch it- waiting for D-Lo to come out. But then watch what Russell does here, as he uses Towns like a kid using a metal pole when playing tag. So he swings around the big man and launches himself towards the basket getting a completely wide open layup. As we watch the replay again, I gotta say that this brought me back to my childhood days on the playground so shoutout to Chris Finch for this play design. And I’ve got a bunch more of these all from last night. What up everybody, my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. Keep your eyes on Zach Lavine here for all of the running on this play. He starts from the corner, going around the screen as if he’ll get another one under the basket for a 3 point look outside. That’s what the Bulls convince the defense anyway as Rondo goes out to meet him, buut Javonte Green turns 180 to set the real screen here, as Lavine comes back to get the ball and as the defense tries to recover, Zach finds the open man under the basket for the finish. Check out again the misdirection that Chicago was able to execute on this play and get a bucket inside. Right here for the Knicks, we keep an eye on Topin and Quickley. First they screen for each other, and although they don’t get the switch, the play continues with Quickley coming to the elbow, and Topin on the curl. They meet right here on the back screen which opens up the flight zone for the big man who is already with a full head of steam. So D-Rose lobs it up and Obi throws down the alley oop. The Madison Square Garden crowd loved it, and ya boi loved it of course, as I’ll take any chance I get to feature my Knicks in a video. Moving on. On this out of bounds play Buddy Hield sets a back screen for Metu, who looks to cut to the rim. Thing is, that’s a decoy as he spins and goes to the other side, making it confusing the defense and making it hard to switch it. So with an open lane, the weak side help has to react, which leaves Harisson Barnes alone in the corner for the three point shot and he splashes it. What’s funny is that he got a great look and didn’t even have to move a single step from that corner as you can see on this replay. Next, after the Magic deny the initial pick and roll attack from Atlanta, the Hawks go to their secondary option here with Bogdanovic going for a pick that he will actually slip and continue to run to get here. At the same time Capella comes out to screen for him so that Bogdan gets a wide open look. The Serbian could have easily shot this, but he saw Reddish in the corner and felt that he would have an even better look, which I guess was the right decision because ultimately this ends with a three. Nice quick recovery for Atlanta after the initial defense from Orlando, and the unselfish play from Bogdanovic with the extra pass to Reddish. And finally, I’ll roll the play first then explain as it’s comical how open Rubio got despite running pretty slow on this play. Look at all this space on the shot. What happened was that he faked the screen for Garland. You can see his man signaling that this would be a switch, but there was never any screen to switch as Rubio continued his light jog all the way outside. And the fact that Langford doesn’t even try to recover here, makes things that much easier for the Cavs. I gotta admit this video had some of the more interesting play calls in a while. Let me know which one was your favorite. That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.