Bane popping off the pick gives Banchero space to work

Banchero-Bane Inverted Pick-and-Pop is One Big Play from Last Night's Magic Game

Orlando inverted the pick-and-roll into Banchero-Bane Pick-and-Pops on 4 separate possessions in Philadelphia on Monday night.

This action utilizes Bane's off-ball gravity, leading to mismatches and open space for Banchero to create and hard closeouts for Bane to drive, pass, or shoot.

The Banchero-Bane Inverted Pick-and-Pop is born.

On one instance, Bane quickly slips once the defense overcommits to Banchero, opening up the left wing; once Drummond closes out hard on the 3pt sniper, Bane quickly recognizes to pumpfake with a slight hesi move while anticipating the closeout and responding with an even harder drive to the rack for the fundamental finger roll finish.

Later, Bane methodically popped out of a pick on the left wing, slowly drifting to the corner, staying ready once his man committed to doubling Banchero; leaving the career 41% 3PT shooter Desmond Bane open for the third-most efficient shot in basketball, the catch-and-shoot corner three, is certainly one option for the defense.

As for Paolo Banchero's two scoring possessions, watch how he's able to force a switch to get a mismatch for a postup opportunity where he gets to his bag, and later in the clutch ignoring the screen to get to his spot for the wide open middy pull-up.

Knowing Franz Wagner pick-and-rolls with any of Orlando's big men already offers one reliable form of shot creation for the offense, The Magic need to build out a scheme and identity with that as one primary option, while exploring how to maximize their other stars' complementary skills.

Paolo Banchero and Desmond Bane complement each other in a multitude of actions together.

The Orlando Magic can't experiment with the Bane-Banchero two-man game enough.