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Westbrook State
A switch-everything defense with an elite defensive rebounding big and a guard-heavy transition attack. They are the most switch-heavy team on our schedule — which is the coverage our primary action is built to attack.
Where they hurt you · and what it means for us
Shot zones are illustrativeShot distribution concentrates at the rim and in the left corner after a switch. The right corner is a low-volume, low-efficiency zone — we can help off it.
Rises to 84% on the empty side in the second half.
Our most efficient action (17B, 1.11 PPP) exists specifically to attack this coverage.
Their 5 rarely leaves the paint.
Offensive rebounding is not a path to extra possessions. Get back instead.
Two guards leak out on nearly every long rebound.
Send zero crashers. Our transition-defense rule already matches — enforce it strictly.
Low man over-helps on rolls.
The short-roll skip to the corner is available all night.
Reaches on switches against smaller guards.
Attacking his switch early raises the chance he sits in the second half.
Coach Ready Game Plan · our playbook vs. their tendencies
Our playbook →Run 17B — Empty-side switch hunt
Force a switch on an empty side and attack the top shoulder immediately.
- Westbrook switches 71% of side ball screens — 84% on the empty side after halftime.
- 17B is our highest-volume action against switching (148 runs, 1.11 PPP).
- Lang produces 0.98 PPP attacking a switched big; Rowe is their most-switched-onto big.
- Rowe averages 4.4 fouls per 40 — repeated attacks raise his foul risk early.
Their coverage rule on tape, three consecutive possessions.
Lang attacks the top shoulder, finishes through contact.
After 4-6 possessions they typically pre-switch before contact and jump the ball handler, taking away the shoulder attack.
51 Slip — Slip counter. Same alignment, screener slips before contact, guard delivers early to the roll with a 45 cut behind the rotation.
Punish defenses that pre-switch or jump the ball handler after seeing 17B.
Run Drag 3 — Early drag into two-side reversal
Get into the offense before the defense sets its ball-screen coverage.
Run Rotation — Short-shift Lang and Ruiz
Their personnel · and our edge
Elite defensive rebounder, average lateral speed on switches.
Lang has scored 0.98 PPP attacking exactly this defender profile.
Leads their transition attack; leaks out early.
Bennett is our best matched sprinter-back and can absorb the assignment.