End of game “situations” are commonplace in basketball. Imagine that you are the coach of the Chasele. Cougars and the score is
90 to 90. There are ten seconds left in the game, and your team is taking the ball out at the half-line. Base on this information, answer the questions that follow. 1. List two common concepts to remember when coaching end of game situations.
2. Oh man! Your team threw the ball away and now there’s only five seconds left. Your opponents will take the ball out under your team’s basket. What will you instruct your team to do?
A common concept some coaches will do is sub in the best playmaker or scorer and make sure they get the ball through off ball screens so he/she can get spacing on the floor to take their man 1 on 1. Or Run the clock out so they can get the last shot and the worse case senario is overtime.
The plan will be no fouling on any three point shot and make sure to stay disipline if the other player gets a pass in the lane. Most likely the other team wants the best shot possible and will go for a wo to play it safe or a corner three for spaced shooting, so our team will run a 2-3 zone to make sure they shoot the ball with tight defense.
