COURT 203

LESSON 3 OF 8

LEVEL 2Offense3v3

Two on the Ball Means Someone Eats

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FIG. 49DRAW TWO AND KICK3V3
Here's a piece of basketball arithmetic that never fails: if two defenders are guarding you, one of your teammates has nobody guarding them. So when your drive pulls a second defender, you've already won — you just have to cash it in. Keep your dribble alive or jump-stop under control, find the free teammate, and deliver the ball. Don't fight two defenders for a tough shot when a teammate has an open one. Drawing two isn't a failure to score; it's the play working exactly as designed.

READ THIS

Feel and see the second defender commit — chest turned to you, weight down, his man abandoned somewhere behind the play.

DO THIS

Drive until the helper's chest commits, then deliver immediately — pocket, wrap, or jump-stop pivot — to the teammate their help abandoned.

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Gregg Popovich

Ball movement is a weapon — the extra pass is always right. Good shot to great shot, every possession.

Two on the Ball Means Someone Eats