Boston Celtic's Delay Action | 2022 Playoffs

One of Boston's go-to actions throughout the entire 2021-2022 NBA season (and throughout the playoffs) was delay action.

[@rachitshukla7111]

Thanks! Great vid!

[@rohitmahadevan10]

Question. What’s different about this action calling it a delay action versus other similar sets that involve pindowns, curls, flex, splits, slips, flare screen? The different elements we see in this “delay action” can also be seen in other plays right? So what is it about it play that we call delay action

[@rohitmahadevan10]

They also seem to get the shot off with 15 seconds ish left on the clock. But that’s usually the case right?

[@hooperuniversity]

@@rohitmahadevan10 Delay is just the terminology I have used for this action. The "delay" refers to the 5 man catching at the top of the key and delaying while the screening action takes place on either side. But this action goes by various names, for example Steve Kerr refers to this as "Open."