Down ten points with 54.8 seconds to go, Brad Stevens needed a quick hitter coming out of a timeout. Here’s what the ATO wizard drew up:
I’m not sure if Stevens was the first person to draw up SLOB plays with a man on the other side of half court, but he made it en vogue in Boston. You’d often see Isaiah Thomas out there and running full speed to the inbound pass like so:
Against the Hawks, it’s Jayson Tatum alone in the back court when the referee hands Payton Pritchard the ball.