With 1.4 seconds remaining in the third period, in the Rome game, Olimpia had the opportunity to inbound the ball from the sideline. In this circumstance, the perfect execution of the play, including the shot, produced three points. Let’s talk about the play.

On the court for Milan, there are three shooters, Amedeo Della Valle, Sergio Rodriguez and Nemanja Nedovic, plus Kaleb Tarczewski at the center and Luis Scola who is the one with the responsibility of making the inbound pass. Compared to the video that you’ll find below, the execution of the play has already started when Rodriguez cut around Tarczewski’s screen to go under the basket. Amedeo Della Valle executes the same move towards the corner on the strong side. From the middle, Rodriguez executes a screen for Tarczewski. Kaleb is an important piece in this situation, with so little time to play, because if he can get open he could receive an alley-oop pass directly from the throw-in for a dunk. Except that the Rome big man, Giovanni Pini, is aware of the danger and essentially performs a body check preventing Tarczewski from making a direct cut to the basket.

On that move by Tarczewski (and Pini), however, Jerome Dyson – who is guarding Rodriguez – has a moment of hesitation. It is understandable, because in that position he must not only worry about Chacho but be ready to “take” Tarczewski in some way, if Rodriguez’s screen was going to be successful and open him. That stalemate is crucial because Rodriguez executes a strong, quick cut towards the center court with the idea of ​​a catch-and-shoot. Scola passes to him and Rodriguez, too far for Dyson’s “closeout”, shoots. In this case the execution of the perfect was perfect. And so is the shot.