RE: Weekend update

["Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@JUSTICE.GC.CA>]

They call it a pick and roll, but what it is many cases, is a pick and pop,
where the man who sets the screen simply steps out to take the pass from the
dribbler for a jumper instead of rolling toward the basket.

Cecil 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tammo29@AOL.com [mailto:Tammo29@AOL.com]
Sent: April 30, 2002 12:13 PM
To: Celtics@igtc.com
Subject: re: Weekend update


>"I don't know.  Certainly someone can make mistakes without being a
complete 
>moron.  But, i don;t think running a play for Walker instead of Pierce is
so 
terrible.  >Walker has made many game-winning shots, just as Pierce has
done. 
 I'm >>confident in both taking a final shot, as long as it's a good look

   According to O'Brien the play that was called was a pick and roll between

Anderson and Rogers.  The 76ers defended it well and Anderson found Walker 
open and got him the ball.  So, the play wasn't called for Walker either.   
In watching the tape a number of things struck me.  

  #1) Rogers set the pick, but never rolled to the basket.  He stood on the 
three point line in the corner.  The defense collapsed on Anderson as he was

turning the corner and he slipped (at the same spot a lot of Celtics seemed 
to be slipping on Sunday).  He was able to scoop the ball to Antoine at the 
top of the circle, just before he hit the floor.

  #2) O'Brien also said in the paper that Pierce was doubled on the play, 
just like he thought he would be..... ``That's simply because they had two 
guys guarding Paul as soon as he went out on the basketball court,'' O'Brien

said. ``They were not going to let him get the basketball. See, I knew that 
at the beginning of the series....... But it's clear on the tape that he 
wasn't.

 #3)  O'Brien has repeatedly said the play was a good, almost great call.  
Hard to say that when the play was defended so well that it almost resulted 
in a turnover, the picker never rolled and the team got nothing out of it.  

 #4)  The NBC camera's were on Pierce's back during the time out.  Antoine 
was the first to leave the huddle. He didn't look particularly happy, but 
it's hard to tell with Antoine sometimes.   Pierce turned around and the 
cameras were right on him.  He didn't look upset.  He also didn't appear to 
say anything.  He was walking towards his spot on the court when someone 
screamed something at him.  He turned around and the camera caught Lester 
O'Conner apparently saying something to him.  That is when Paul got animated

and said something to O'Conner and O'Conner shooed him away.
 If anyone else has the game on tape, I'd like to hear if they saw anything 
differently. I'd also really love to know what O'Conner said to make Pierce 
so angry.  Until I do, I'll reserve my judgment on the entire on court 
situation.  I really believe we aren't hearing the whole story.