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The purpose of this study was to register and analyse the alterations of Pick n' Roll efficacy between Greece and USA in Mundobasket 2006. The sample was the game between the two national teams in the semi-finals of Mundobasket 2006 in Japan. In the 179 registered cases, all the Pick n' Rolls were analyzed according to form, court area, players' combination, kind of offense, player taking the final shot, shot area, way of defending Pick n' Roll, etc. Pearson's correlation analysis, classification (cluster) analysis and the chi-square test were used for statistical treatment of the data. The results revealed statistically significant differences between the two teams regarding the Pick n' Roll area (X2=8.54, df=2, p<.014) and the players' cooperation (X2=42.54, df=6, p< .001). As far as the relationship between the way defending the Pick n' Roll and the offence efficacy is concerned, statistically borderline significant differences were observed (X2=8.38, df=4, p<.08). The results also revealed statistically significant differences between the productivity of the offence and the shot area (X2=19.71, df=4, p<.011). Regarding the Greek team, the productivity was maximized at the low-post area (83.3%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the present study was to register the effectiveness of the control offense of basketball teams, after a pass has returned from the central to the guard and forward positions. The registration concerned both winners and losers. The sample consisted of 80 European and 80 NBA video-recorded games, during the period 2000-2001. The effectiveness of the control offense, after the return of a pass from the central to the guard and forward positions was compared to the effectiveness of the outside game. For the analysis of the games, the computer program used was the BasketAs. For the statistical analysis of data, the program used was the non-parametric x² (chi square) distribution. The results, revealed that the effectiveness of the control offense is statistically more important, when it occurs after the return of a pass from the central to the guard and forward positions for both winners and losers. Fewer mistakes were observed during the offense, when outpasses were attempted. In the whole sample, efforts for two-point shots characterized the winners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]