PLAY #16: "AMBUSH"

3 SECONDS TO WIN

PLAY INTENT

This play  was famously executed by Zalgiris Kaunas against Red Star Belgrade to win a EuroLeague game with just 1.3 seconds left. The core mechanic is a “Stagger Rip,” using your two smallest players to set a double back-screen for your biggest player.

FINAL THOUGHT

This play is a brilliant reversal of roles. By turning your smallest players into the primary screeners, you weaponize the defense’s lack of respect for their physicality. It is the ultimate last-second sucker punch.