"Screening Teammates" -- Just Tonight!
Yet again . . . a rare situation discussed recently on this board, and then it happens tonight!
My games were cancelled due to previously mentioned snowstorm, so I went to observe another set of F/JV/V boys' games. 30 seconds to go in the JV tilt and team A, one point ahead, intending to stall and/or draw a foul, lines up five guys parallel to the sideline and begins passing it to each other while each was holding the ball over the sideline.
The defense didn't know that all they had to do was keep a guy close behind them and they'd get a 5 second closely guarded call. They ended up fouling out of frustration after about 8 seconds (took 'em 4 or 5 seconds to decide what to do, obviously not having seen this tactic before).
The fans sitting around me turn to me for an assessment. I immediately say, "Casebook 9.10.1.D.a." Responding to the question, "What is a casebook?", I draw it from my jacket pocket, they passed it around and marvelled I could pull that reference out of my inner regions that quickly.
I didn't tell them it came up on this discussion board just this past week. Thanx for making me look cool.
Last edited by Freddy; Fri Jan 09, 2009 at 11:31pm.
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