Dallas Mavericks: 3 things they can take from Phoenix Suns pick and roll

Dallas Mavericks could add in a decoy screener like the Phoenix Suns

The Mavs hunted switches against the Clippers. Luka Doncic put LA’s weakest defender in the pick and roll nearly every play. The 22-year-old got plenty of switches and feasted to the tune of 35.7 points per game in the playoffs.

When Dallas was looking to change it up, they often did a double screen like this from Game 6.

The Suns do something a bit different. They bring a decoy screener on the opposite side of Deandre Ayton. It keeps the defense on their heels. Nobody is sure which way Chris Paul is going to attack. Here he takes a mid-range jumper, but Devin Booker is open in the corner if CP3 preferred that look.

They go back to it later in Game 4 where Paul gets the defense scrambling, and the result is a wide-open corner 3-pointer for Torrey Craig.

The Dallas Mavericks could add in this slight wrinkle as a way to flummox the defense. They will have to think about which way Luka is going to attack and bringing help on the 22-year-old gets more difficult. It should allow Doncic more room to drive or the ability to find open looks in the corners.

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