With 2:14 left in the first quarter Saturday against the Charlotte Hornets, San Antonio Spurs center Pau Gasol subbed in for Dewayne Dedmon. Gasol joined a lineup of Patty Mills at the 1, Manu Ginobili at the 2, Jonathon Simmons at the 3, Davis Bertans at the 4, and Gasol at the 5. With this lineup, the Spurs had a lineup that had shooting at four positions, while Simmons has the ability to create off the dribble.
On their first possession with this lineup, the Spurs used dribble drive action to get the Hornets’ defense moving, and after all five Spurs players had a role in moving either with or without the basketball, the defense eventually cracked and what took place was this open thrown down dunk by Bertans.