Offense & Shooting
Pick-and-Roll
nounbasketball term
A ball-screen action where the screener rolls toward the basket after setting the pick.
The ball handler reads the on-ball defender, big defender, corner help, and passing lanes. The roller can finish, catch a lob, or create a pass from the short roll.
Used in a sentence
“The hedge was high, so hit the roller.”
Also written PnR · pick and roll