Was called a “Blitz” under Rose (and Pope, when he was an assistant). The big used to come yelling “Blitz.” The goal is to force a TO by the point guard, if possible. Next best is to make him pick up his dribble far away from the basketball. The roll is usually defended by the off ball wing until the big can recover.

Our off ball defender didn’t always pick up the roll.

Davies used to pick up one foul a game doing this because he had the tenancy to reach.