MIES (Switzerland) - A timeout is only meant to be 60 seconds long, but in the hands of the right coach, one timeout can change the entire course of a 40-minute game.

Ranging from an early piece of execution after a timeout that builds confidence, to a tactical adjustment that solves a puzzle and all the way up to a game-winning set play (like the famous Brad Stevens 'Winner' play), the training court is where coaches build teams but the tactics board is where they build reputations. 

With that in mind, let's have a look at who is topping the charts in the Basketball Champions League this season when it comes to drawing one up.

The chart we are looking at above shows us Points Per Play (PPP) after a timeout on the x-axis, compared to Synergy's Shot Quality generated - or expected points per shot - after a timeout on the y-axis.

We are looking for teams in the top right of the chart and the names we find should probably come as a shock to nobody: Txus Vidorreta's Lenovo Tenerife and Roel Moors's Telekom Baskets Bonn.

Tenerife lead the BCL with 1.2 PPP after a timeout and outperform their expected points on shots created from a timeout with a SSQ of 1 point per shot.

Looking at the best playcallers from a timeout through this cross-section of the two metrics, Roel Moors and Bonn are next up. They generated the highest-value shots in the BCL after a timeout, with an SSQ of 1.03 points per shot, and make them at a rate of 1.09 PP.

The rest of the pack are harder to seperate, with JDA Bourgogne Dijon, UCAM Murcia, and Unicaja all putting up similar numbers.

One team that does stand out is Ilias Papatheodorou's Promitheas Patras. They are generating the lowest SSQ, at just 0.93, but outperform it with the third-highest PPP, at 1.07. Put simply, coming out of a timeout Promitheas score at almost 1.5 PPP better than they would be expected to.

The clip below is perfect example of what makes coach Vidorreta one of Europe's very best tacticians.

With the first half in their clash with against Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (the best defensive team in the league, incidentally)  winding down, the Tenerife coach called a timeout looking to make the best use of the remaining time on the clock.

Keep your eyes on #15, Joan Sastre. He takes up a position as if to set the back screen on Giorgi Shermadini's defender, in a standard 'Spain pick-and-roll action'.

But instead of setting the screen, he waits until the defense has committed to their coverage and exits the action early to the wing. Tenerife then pick apart the Jerusalem defense and punish their rotating defenders, with the ball eventually finding its way to Sastre via an extra pass out of the corner.

In February, we wrote about the reigning champs somehow flying under the radar and that may still be the case. Having won the Best Coach award previously, Roel Moors may also be flying under the radar as a candidate to win it again this year. 

In the clip below we see a play that Moors has used successfully all season. At the start of the third quarter in their game against Galatasaray EKMAS, with Boon looking to cut the deficit., #22, Noah Kirkwood sets a 'Ram' screen for Kennedy before he goes to the pick-and-roll. 

Kennedy then flips the angle of the screen on the ball just before setting it. All of this serves to leave Kennedy's defender in no-man's land when defending the screen on the ball. 

Galatasaray look to try and defend the action 2v2 with #4, Glynn Watson's defender recovering back in front, but Watson takes an extra dribble and waits for the moment of indecision in the defense and throws the perfect pass up to the lob. 

Our last clip is a very simple but very smart play design from Papatheodorou, in the Promitheas game against Hapoel Holon. It's also not a situation that we see very often with a sideline inbounds pass but very deep in the front court, almost in the corner.

The fact that Promitheas were able to execute so well, despite it possibly being the first time they have inbounded from this spot on the court this season, speaks to how well-prepared they were.

There are four minutes to play in the fourth and Promitheas are down 9, looking for a way back in. During the timeout before the play Papatheodorou could be heard saying "it doesn't matter what they play", meaning that the defense may come out in a zone defense or switching in a man-to-man.

Papatheodorou can next be heard telling #22 Chris Coffey to set a screen for #77 Hunter Hale and then to seal his own defender on his back when the defense switches.

At this point, we understand why he wasn't concerned with what kind of defense Holon would use and why the play is so well designed, because even though Holon did set up in a switching, matchup zone defense, Coffey still had the chance to seal a defender on his back as the defense tracked the cut of Hale.

Whatever type of defense Holon used, this play still had the opportunity to get Promitheas a layup if they executed well. And they did.