AT&T CENTER – With 2.7 seconds left in regulation Tuesday and the San Antonio Spurs trailing the Memphis Grizzlies 84-82, the Spurs called a timeout. After the timeout, the Spurs diagrammed the following play with the first option being get Kawhi Leonard the ball off a pin-down screen from LaMarcus Aldridge, but, with the Grizzlies sending a double team Leonard’s way, Pau Gasol threw the perfect alley-oop pass to Aldridge, who cut toward the rim unguarded.
You can see the play in action below. Notice how it was Grizzlies big man Brandan Wright who made the mistake of leaving Aldridge unattended, and how Leonard used the hesitation cut without the ball to sell the need for a double team.