Recreate End-of-Game Special Situations

Do your players know the plan? More importantly, can they execute the plan?

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Here’s what I learned this year: It’s never too early to start practicing end-of-game special situations. Whether it’s a BLOB, a SLOB, or after an opponent’s made FG, your players need to know and feel comfortable with the plan.

Today, I’m sharing some well-known OOBs used to help win games along with one of the main situational games we play weekly as a team to create end-of-game scenarios.

Boston Celtics’ 4-Low BLOB

“Twist” actions always pose a problem for defenses. While worried about the ball, defenders often get caught blind-sided by twist screens (Frame 2). I’m sure by now you’ve seen this Celtics 4-Low BLOB to send the game into OT vs. the Pacers.

Duke Inverted Stagger BLOB

Stagger screens were popular at the college level this past season. Consecutive actions like stagger screens are always tough to guard. If you remember back a few years, Duke beat FSU off a stagger BLOB action in a regular season thriller.

What you do in those special situations is obviously important; however, that’s only half the formula. The knowledge, level of comfort, and ability to execute in pressure situations are essential in late game situations.

Here’s a clinic video on how we talk about special situations and what it looks like to practice those situations…