Great article on the U.S.-Greece game over at Basketball Prospectus. My favorite part - the author tracked Greece's success on the screen-and-roll after the 2006 shred job that play caused. The results:
It all started with the defense on the pick-and-roll, which Greece famously ran 42 times in the 2006 victory. Because of that, I started charting how the USA defended pick-and-rolls early in the game, ultimately stopping midway through the fourth quarter when the game was well in hand. Overall, I counted 23 pick-and-rolls in that span that led directly to offensive action. On those 23 opportunities, Greece scored four times for a total of nine points.
That's just ridiculously good defense.
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