Indy Cornrows: Pacers Half-Court Offense needs work
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:31 pm
Languishing in isolation
The Pacers have isolated on 8.7 percent of their possessions during preseason, up from 6.2 percent last season. For point of reference, only five teams are isolating at a higher rate than Indiana in exhibition play and all of them, save the New York Knicks, are scoring more points per isolation.
Under-utilization of off-ball movement
If you thought you might need two hands to count the number of possessions that Doug McDermott has used (ending in points, assists, or turnovers) running off of a screen... well...you’d be wrong; because it’d only take one and you would still have a finger leftover.
Stagnant post-ups
Sabonis and, to a lesser extent, Turner have been quick to hunt mismatches on the block, but the four players standing around them have mostly done exactly that: stood around.
C. Cooper
https://www.indycornrows.com/2018/10/10/17955466/the-pacers-half-court-offense-needs-work
The Pacers have isolated on 8.7 percent of their possessions during preseason, up from 6.2 percent last season. For point of reference, only five teams are isolating at a higher rate than Indiana in exhibition play and all of them, save the New York Knicks, are scoring more points per isolation.
Under-utilization of off-ball movement
If you thought you might need two hands to count the number of possessions that Doug McDermott has used (ending in points, assists, or turnovers) running off of a screen... well...you’d be wrong; because it’d only take one and you would still have a finger leftover.
Stagnant post-ups
Sabonis and, to a lesser extent, Turner have been quick to hunt mismatches on the block, but the four players standing around them have mostly done exactly that: stood around.
C. Cooper
https://www.indycornrows.com/2018/10/10/17955466/the-pacers-half-court-offense-needs-work