
Go Back To Score In The Frontcourt
Rather than simply being content with controlling the tap in the backcourt, run this play to screen an unsuspecting defender and create a layup opportunity at the hoop. MORE
Flood one side of the floor, then seal the other side to set up a dribble drive for an attacking layup or a kick-out pass for a 3-pointer against a 2-3 zone.
WHY USE IT
This play creates a numbers advantage on one side of the floor, then forces a low defender into a decision that leaves you with an open scoring opportunity regardless of whichever way the defender moves.
SET UP
Your point is at the top. Your guards are on the wings and forwards/center are on opposite blocks. Be sure your wings are wide to pull those top defenders an extra step to the side, which sets up better impending screens.
HOW TO PLAY
1 passes to 2. 4 moves to the high side of 5. 3 flashes to the ball-side elbow. 2 then passes back to 1 [diagram 1].
1 dribbles over to the opposite side higher than the elbow. 3 pops out. 2 slides to the corner. 4 shifts high toward the right elbow. 1 passes across to 3 [diagram 2].
4 sets a ball screen on the ball-side top defender for 3. 5 screens the center of the zone. 3 drives and reads the low defender. If the defender steps to the ball, then 3 kicks out to 2. If the defender steps toward the corner, then 3 shoots. [diagram 3].
TECHNIQUE
As long as 4 and 5 set solid screens, there is no one left to defend the right side of the floor other than the low defender. Teach 3 how to fake out the low defender. 3 uses his or her eyes, body or the dribble direction to shift the defender into an impossible position.