France commonly uses the ball screen as the initial action in their Horns alignments, but it is the second ball screen that is the real catalyst.
In “Horns Get” the point guard, French superstar Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs, dribbles off the first ball screen and drags his man to the wing.
The screener cuts away wide to the sideline to space as the other lifted big comes over to “get” Parker open with a ball screen on the wing.
Parker then has a double gap (shaded area, Frame 3) to attack coming out of the ball screen. The screener rolls to the rim and the wing in the corner runs “back action” to counter his man tagging the roll man.
1 dribbles off ball screen from 4 and 4 pops opposite
5 races over to set ball screen for 1
1 uses the advantage and attacks the gap to score or draw defense in, looks for 5 rolling
3 runs back action
Double Gap Variation
To create more gap space....
Double Gap Variation
4 cuts through as 5 races to the ball screen
Double Gap Variation
1 now has enlarged gap space to attack
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