Situation- The other team is going to the ft line to shoot 2 shots in a tie game, 7 seconds to go, you have 1 time out left. Do you use your time out? If so, when do you use it? How do you play out the last shot?
Dave Feeney- Normal
I do not use the timeout prior to the free throws.
1. The shooter has two shots--and only needs one for the lead.
2. It is our last timeout, and I would want it in case we had any issue advancing the ball after the second free throw.
3. I also would not want to take the final timeout prior to the free throws because we would be talking hypotheticals..."if we are tied, we want this...if we are down 1...if we are down two"--I don't like to give our kids too much to think about...hopefully keep them from being confused/hesitant
During the free throws, I would be reminding our kids to box out and secure the rebound. So often, late game missed free throws seem huge only to have the rebound go to the shooting team.
With seven seconds left, our preference would be to rebound/outlet or inbound the ball to a primary ball handler and hunt paint. We do not need a three because we are either tied, down 1, or down 2. If we attack the paint, four good things could happen: 1. Driving guard scores 2. Driving guard gets fouled 3. Driving guard draws panicky over-helping defense and kicks to teammate for shot. 4. Driving guard draws panicky over-helping defense and shoots...but misses...but over-helping defense creates offensive rebounding opportunities.
It takes four seconds for a pretty average ball handler to dribble--lane to lane--so no matter whether we rebounded and outlet the ball or if we just inbounded after a made FT without the clock running...we should have enough time for an attack. That said, if we are down, we would remind our ball handler to attack and not zig zag...if the defender tries to stop you...it is good to create contact and try to draw the foul. But if we zig zag, that 7 seconds is not going to be enough time.
By attacking without taking a timeout, we are not going against a set defense.
However, I would consider taking a timeout after the second free throw if...
1. We look hesitant or disorganized or like we are in trouble in a trap or something.
2. If the other team subs after a made second FT...meaning we are now going to be facing a set defense anyway.
My experience is that late in games, teams do not play great defense...they are afraid of fouling and often ball watch. I like to attack with a driver and get one good off-ball screening action (since we only have 7 seconds) for a shooter. So, the PG is attacking, but then we screen our best shooter and the screener pops for a shot or slips to the hoop.
One key is how much we have practiced or been in these situations. If we have experienced ball handling, I feel much more confident attacking without a timeout.
Mike Jaskoski- Indianapolis Cathedral
So I went a little bit different on this. Instead of going to a set play I attached a free throw break play we used with Sandburg girls and at Knoxville. Truth be told it's a steal from Jerry Leggett when he was at Quincy! We used this when I was at CSC (Pendry. Tara Miller team) and we were playing #1 Kirkwood. Kirkwood shooting 2 free throws with 7 secs left. They made the 2nd to go up 1. We ran this and hit our post running to the block for a layup at the buzzer to win.
Jay Hatch- Riverdale
I am calling the time out after the 2nd shot because I want to be able to give the team one thing that we are going to do. I want to avoid, “if this happens we do X, if that happens? We do Y.
Evan Massey- Galesburg
If they miss the first free throw, I am taking the time out right then. My thought process would be if they miss one, we can take the time out to ice them and I feel like the odds of them coming back after a time out to make the free throw are low. (Phil Jackson made a living with that.) In the time out, we will draw up off rebound or make that we want to go into a break. The point guard will read whether they can get to basket or they will dribble into a handoff with a wing for a shot.
If they make the first free throw, we will save the time out. We will run a play to get the ball to half court, and take our time out then. We hope we will have 5 seconds with the ball on the sideline. The play needs to be run quickly.
With this Side OB, we would be looking first for #1 turning the corner and going to the basket off the hand off. Or passing to #2 coming back to the ball off #5’s rescreen.
If we don’t think we have time to run that with 5 seconds left, we would use play that Coach Hatch submitted earlier.
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