Will they and can they respond

Basketball coaches tweak their game plans constantly during the game. That means nothing, of course, if the team is not able to execute those changes. First of all, the coach has to have enough on-court control of the team that they do what he tells them to do. Second, they have to have the basketball smarts to understand what it is he wants them to do. When both those are present, it makes a team exceptionally hard to prepare for.