In an insightful and entertaining article, Ben Cohen of The Wall Street Journal got the back story behind a play the Golden State Warriors call Cyclone.
Depending on your point of view, you can blame or credit BYU and Utah State for the defending NBA champions having this seemingly unstoppable play in their arsenal.
In the play, guards pass by each other under the basket, with one continuing to the wing as his defender is screened and the other curling up and setting a second screen for a big man. A logjam is created at the free-throw line and — after a roll and a swift pass — Kevin Durant, Draymond Green or whoever gets an easy bucket, just like Stew Morrill intended when he scribbled it out … for Montana in 1986.