Explain: Valkyries and LA match wits in OT as Carla Leite duels Kelsey Plum | Basketball Basics #4
ball screen defense, moves and counter-moves
In this episode, we cover ball screen defense in the Valkyries' thrilling overtime victory against the Sparks on 2025-06-09-GSV-LAS. We look at switching, show and recover, drop coverage, and trapping, demonstrating how the teams countered and counter-countered each other in the real-game duel of wits. Learn how mismatches, communication breakdowns, and surprise defensive shifts affect the game. Complete with celebration audit of the Valkyries' bench.
Starring Carla Leite, Julie Vanloo, Temi Fagbenle, Stephanie Talbot, Kayla Thornton, Monique Billings, and Veronica Burton. With Kelsey Plum, Mercedes Russell, Julia Allemand, Dearica Hamby.
This is Part 4 of a beginner-friendly guide to basketball concepts, but all the parts can be viewed independently. The whole series can be found at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzBu5gvT7emrIvgbQtcI9m3bEgwpIVJDw
Part 4 terms defined include:
00:38 Switching defense
00:56 Mismatches
02:15 Bad switches
03:25 Show and recover defense (hedge and recover)
04:54 Drop defense
06:17 Valkyries 325 = Warriors 55
06:54 Blitz / Trap / Double team defense, surprise
07:41 Countering the blitz with isolation
08:45 Drop vs blitz defense
Part 3 terms defined include:
00:33 Go Over the screen, Go Under the screen, High side, Low side
02:19 HORNS formation
02:33 Dive or Roll
03:23 HORNS 5
04:14 Dribble handoff, DHO
05:07 Pindown screen, Down screen
05:15 Using the screen, Coming off the screen
06:37 Jamming the cut, Bumping the cut, Denying the cut
07:35 Slip a screen, Roll vs Pop
Part 2 terms defined include:
00:38 Recover
00:46 Bigs and Smalls
00:54 Mismatch
01:53 Rotating on defense
02:42 Slipping the screen, ghosting the screen
03:03 Double team, trap, blitz
04:02 Rejecting the screen
04:26 Helping at the nail
06:21 Slide cut, Passing angle
Part 1 terms include:
00:34 Dribbling and shooting, big vs small
02:00 Screens
02:10 Off ball
02:32 Cut, Flare Cut, Flare Screen
03:39 Ball Fake
03:53 Geography of the Court
03:57 Baseline, sideline, up, down, top
04:10 Corners, elbows, HORNS
05:29 Pick and roll, screen and roll
05:49 Dribble handoff
06:17 Rebounding, boxing out
06:18 Roll
07:18 Backdoor cut
07:46 ICE defense
07:51 take / accept / use the screen