pick-and-roll
noun
: a basketball play in which a player sets a screen and then cuts toward the basket for a pass
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Defensive struggles against the Joel Embiid/Tyrese Maxey pick-and-roll, which has flummoxed Boston’s bigs since Embiid’s mid-series return.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
Here’s a James/Ayton pick-and-roll from the second quarter.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Murray screened for Jokic, inverting the pick-and-roll — a trick that very few tandems have the skill-set to pull off.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
On the other side of the ball, there was the development of a 3-point game and the ability to adjust to an offensive style that did not play to his pick-and-roll strengths.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
Here’s a James/Ayton pick-and-roll from the second quarter.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Murray screened for Jokic, inverting the pick-and-roll — a trick that very few tandems have the skill-set to pull off.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
On the other side of the ball, there was the development of a 3-point game and the ability to adjust to an offensive style that did not play to his pick-and-roll strengths.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Pick-and-roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-and-roll. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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