Evin Gualberto

🏀 Coach at DeMatha/VA Elite.
🏀 writer/scout for hire.
Formerly @SIS_Hoops
Help w/ 🏀 Action Dictionary.
Happy to help if I can 🙏🏽

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NY Liberty (@nyliberty) - Delay Wide

A wrinkle out of their usual Pistol Stagger set.

Jonquel & Stewie look set to stagger for Marine while the Pistol action happens.
Instead, JJ pops to catch & Stewie sets a wide pin for Johannes.
Good read to curl into space + crafty finish.

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@LucasKaplan_ Probably both. They went to the Leo ball screen on CC early & saw the coverage / potential advantages out of it

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IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - Stagger Backdoor

Caitlin Clark gets the Aliyah Boston DHO to attack downhill.
AB & Billings set a stagger for Kelsey Mitchell to lift from the corner.
CC dribbles at Lexie Hull.
While the help is occupied by the stagger, Hull gets the backdoor.

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TOR Tempo (@TempoBasketball) - Oklahoma

Sykes gets the double drag from Mabrey & Sabally.
As Slim comes off, Marina spaces out a touch to set up the screen the screener action.
Nyara screens Diggins to spring Mabrey loose.
Marina gets just enough daylight and cashes out.

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POR Fire (@theportlandfire) - Gator + Pin-In

Leite-Gustafson PnR.
Samuelson pops to counter Golden State's aggressive ball screen coverage.
Frieda Buhner screens her own defender as Carleton lifts which gives Karlie the read to hit either Gustafson's roll or Bridget's relo.

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POR Fire (@theportlandfire) - Indiana (PnR + Weakside Flare)

Carla Leite gets an empty ball screen from Meg Gustafson so Meg can pop to her strong hand.
You can see Carleton actually tell Frieda Buhner when & where to set her the flare screen.
Bridget flares corner & gets 3.

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GS Valkyries (@valkyries) - SLOB WTF

Golden State goes to their classic side OB set.
Kaitlyn Chen lines up to set the rip screen for Salaun.
The defender looks to cheat on the screen so Janelle rejects the rip & uses the Kaila Charles screen.
Salaun sticks the triple.

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GS Valkyries (@valkyries) - Stagger Zoom

Great opening set from Coach Nakase.

Burton gets to the corner so she can come off a stagger.
After the stagger, Veronica gets the DHO to go downhill.
Engstler has to rotate & Stokes ducks in so the X out isn't clean = Thornton open 3.

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MIN Lynx (@minnesotalynx) - Wide Flip Flare DHO

Cheryl Reeve loves weaponizing Kayla McBride's gravity.

Wide pin from Coffey.
Flip back to Miles.
Flare screen from Howard to an empty side.
Kayla comes back for the DHO.
PHX helps one pass away leaving Courtney Williams open.

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DAL Wings (@DallasWings) - Keeper Invert Clear

Odyssey enters the ball to Shepard at the slot & chases her pass.
Keeper as Jess fakes the DHO.
Invert ball screen action with Alysha Clark.
Jess has a whole side to work with & gets the score.

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DAL Wings (@DallasWings) - 77 Shallow Veer

Fun combination of concepts from Coach Fernandez.

Shepard & Fudd double ball screen for Bueckers.
As Paige uses the first screen, Azzi shallow cuts out.
Jess rolls into a veer as she springs Azzi free for 3.

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TOR Tempo (@TempoBasketball) - Ram Ghost Clear

Great concept from Coach Brondello.

Sykes ram screens for Nyara to ball screen.
Swing to Slim.
Marina comes from the left corner & ghosts out which gives Slim room to drive.
Rice & Juskaite exchange to occupy help.
Easy dropoff.

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Here's how Indiana ran it against the Mystics.
As you can see, there was more time on the clock to get into a flare action and they needed a 3 then.

https://t.co/1WxuH5SRac

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IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - SLOB Blocker Flare

Fun trick play for Indy:
CC & Kelsey line up in the backcourt.
Lexie Hull sets two TOUGH screens.
The first gets Mitchell open then she spaces corner.
The second gets Clark the ball.
MHA flare screen to free Hull to hit the triple.

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IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - SLOB Blocker Flare

A go-to set for Indy.

Kelsey & CC backcourt.
Hull sprints & turns to screen for Kelsey.
Normally, Hull screens for the duo to flash to the ball but Coach Nakase has Gabby playing Clark's top side the whole way.
Decent look for AB.

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@DayDreamThis @valkyries I only felt relatively confident about it because that's one of their go-to sets for Salaun

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GS Valkyries (@valkyries) - Ram Ghost Flare

Charles sets a ram screen.
Salaun ghosts into a flare from Amihere & gets baseline.
Hull has to zone up & defend two when Billings rotates to help.
Great pass by Janelle to find the cutting Gabby Williams.

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IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - Stagger Reject Corner Pin

Mitchell & Boston set a stagger for Hull.
Hull rejects.
Kelsey comes off the Aliyah screen & get to attack middle to her strong hand.
Lexie runs baseline & gets a corner pin-in from Billings for an open 3.

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@IndianaFever IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - Elbow Twirl

The value of having run that action in the first half is that Indiana knows how they're defending that stagger with Caitlin as the first screener.
To start the half, simple stagger for Mitchell.
Twirl action gets Clark an open 3.

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IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - Wide Ram 77 Veer Twirl

Lots of moving parts here:
MHA ram screens for Clark.
CC & MHA double drag for Raven then stagger for Sophie.
Twirl action as Sophie curls off Caitlin & MHA screens for Clark.
Clark finds MHA on the roll after the spread PnR.

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IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - Wide Ram 77 Veer Reject

MHA wide screen for Mitchell.
Mitchell & MHA double drag for Raven then stagger for Sophie.
Cunningham rejects the stagger & goes backdoor.
Great find by Raven to hit Sophie in stride.

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IND Fever (@IndianaFever) - Wide Ram Oklahoma

A wide screen for a guard to then set a ball screen is becoming more & more popular.

Hines-Allen screens for Clark.
CC & MHA double drag for Raven Johnson.
MHA, the second screener, then screens for Caitlin in Oklahoma action.