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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1684310, member: 716"]
I mean, they're not running a set (assuming we ever run a set with these guards) - there're 6 seconds left. Seems that there are three rough options here, maybe four:

1. Drive, left-handed layup from the left side if Lydon's man shades toward Lydon;
2. Drive, bounce pass or lob to Lydon (bounce pass, please) if his man cheats up on Cooney;
3. Round that corner and shoot;
3b. Round the corner, reverse to Richardson (who's had the time now to cut to the left elbow, hopefully getting Artis and Richardson's own defender tangled) for a three (ugh, that's a low-percentage option that we'd all rightly criticize if it came to that).

In an open-court situation with seconds to go, it's best to clear out, give the guy with the ball the easiest shot possible, maybe have a couple guys prepared to crash (but holding their defenders far enough away that they can't protect the rim). Once Cooney heads upcourt, he's the playmaker -- good ballhandler or not -- and is time-restricted in terms of his options.
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