Fast break comparative analysis in Lithuania and Slovenia men's national basketball teams

When playing basketball, teams most of the time use set offenses, but fast breaks are becoming more important in the end result. Winning teams do more fast breaks and they do them more efficiently compared to losing teams. Research purpose. To establish and to compare fast break situational indicators in Lithuania and Slovenia men’s national basketball teams. Research methods. Statistical analysis of the official protocols and game observation. Lithuania‘s (n=6) and Slovenia‘s (n=9) men‘s national basketball team games were observed from the 2017 European basketball championship. During the observation these indicators were registered: all offensive attacks, fast breaks, how the fast break started, how the fast break advanced, who finished the fast break, how the fast break was finished and how many players were involved in the fast break. Results. Significant differences were found in these indicators (p 0,05). Conclusions. Fast break numbers of Lithuania and Slovenia men‘s national basketball teams were significantly different in the 2017 European basketball championship, but the amount of all offensive attacks were pretty much the same. Slovenia did more fast breaks compared to Lithuania. Both teams mostly finished their fast breaks with two point shots, but the fast break efficiency of Slovenia’s national basketball team was better compared to Lithuania’s. By the amount of players involved in a fast break, both teams most of the time had 1x1 or 2x2 situations. In most cases, fast breaks were finished by forwards