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Evan Turner's triple-double against the Timberwolves was the culmination of just about everything we've talked about right here on this video series this year. There were split cuts, pistol action, and continued wrinkles that kept the defense guessing. 

Turner played like a blacktop veteran in this game — he got the ball out on the break, he backed guys down in the post.. hell he even hit a reluctant 3-pointer in the corner.

One play in particular stood out to me, and it was one where Turner didn't even score. It came early in the fourth quarter, but it was set up by a couple of other plays involving Turner earlier in that game.

Like a football team running the ball to set up play action, Terry Stotts kept having Turner and Jake Layman run iterations of Portland's pistol step play all game long, and it paid off big time. It culminated in a final hockey assist-style 3-pointer that put the Blazers within one point, sparking the run in the fourth that regained them the lead and won them the game.

Check out the video breakdown above to see the the two setup plays and the Layman 3-pointer it all led up to.