Basketball Plays

These 2 man to man sets are from Coach Scott Peterman’s Michigan State Playbook.

My hope is that you can take a piece of two from these sets and apply them to plays that fit your personnel.

These actions do not have to be run as is.

Take these movements and am to them or implement parts of them in what you already run.

Or, use them as a place to start your thinking about ways to enhance what you run.

 

Play #1

1 passes to 3. 4 sets a backscreen on 1.

1 cuts off the UCLA cut to the middle of the lane.

2 sets a cross screen for 1.

2 pops up to the top of the key.

 

If X3 cheats the play:

3 can penetrate baseline to the basket.

 

 

 

If the X3 plays it straight then:

4 sets a cross screen for 5 and then cuts to the right low block.

5 sets a ballscreen for 3 and then rolls to the basket.

3 attacks the middle of the lane.

 

Play #2

1 passes to 5 and sets a downscreen on 4.

4 curls the downscreen hard to the basket.

2 sets a cross screen for 3.

3 goes to the right corner.

5 passes to 4 on the curl.

These plays were run by the Chicago Bulls in Fred Hoiberg’s first regular season game as Head Coach. The plays are featured posts in the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw

Note: The numbers are to distinguish between the 5 different players on the floor, not to say that you have to put a traditional “5” player (i.e. center or post player), or a traditional “4” player (i.e. power forward) in those spots if you run the play. If you need a 3 point shot, at the end the game, IMO it is better to put 5 players who are dressed for the game that give you the best chance of accomplishing that.

Note #2: The purpose of this post is not to say that you should run this exact play. But, I hope it does motivate some discussion and thinking among your coaching staff as to how you can possibly incorporate some of the actions in this play to your team’s end of game situations, or as to what you can do to counter teams that switch everything at the end of the game in this situation.

The plays were submitted by Jon Giesbrecht. Jon is currently an assistant coach with the University of Winnipeg Men’s program. Jon is also an assistant coach with the 17U Male Provincial team for Team Manitoba (Includes National Championship 2013-14).

Chicago Bulls: Hawk Slip ISO

With a guard to guard switch, the Chicago Bulls attack this coverage with slipping their 2 man (Jimmy Butler) for a jumper or isolation. The Chicago Bulls ran this play against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

4 sets pin-down screen for 2, 2 sprints into wing ball screen for 1. 2 slips the screen, after 4 sets screen for 2, 4 runs off double screen from 5 and 3.
 

Chicago Bulls: Dribble Weave Step Up

Bulls ran this quick hitting action against the Cleveland Cavaliers… The Bulls were able to get Butler a drive to the basket off of the step-up screen.

1 (Rose) dribble handoff with 3 (Butler), 3 dribble handoff with 4 (Mirotic).

 

 

 
 

3 continues to cut after handing ball off to 4, 4 reverses to 3 on the move… 5 (Noah) sets step-up screen for 3.

 

 

 

This play was run by the Chicago Bulls in Fred Hoiberg’s first regular season game as Head Coach. It is one of the featured posts in the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw

Note: The numbers are to distinguish between the 5 different players on the floor, not to say that you have to put a traditional “5” player (i.e. center or post player), or a traditional “4” player (i.e. power forward) in those spots if you run the play. If you need a 3 point shot, at the end the game, IMO it is better to put 5 players who are dressed for the game that give you the best chance of accomplishing that.

Note #2: The purpose of this post is not to say that you should run this exact play. But, I hope it does motivate some discussion and thinking among your coaching staff as to how you can possibly incorporate some of the actions in this play to your team’s end of game situations, or as to what you can do to counter teams that switch everything at the end of the game in this situation.

The play was submitted by Jon Giesbrecht. Jon is currently an assistant coach with the University of Winnipeg Men’s program. Jon is also an assistant coach with the 17U Male Provincial team for Team Manitoba (Includes National Championship 2013-14).

1 dribble hands off with 4.

 

 

 

 

Boomerang Step-Up… Immediately on the pass from 4, 1 receives step-up screen from 5.

 

 

 
 

Blind Pig… If 1 is denied, 5 flashes to the pinch area, 1 cuts hard back door.

 

 

 
 

Pin-down DHO… If 5 cannot pass to 1 on blind pig action, 5 goes into DHO with 3 (4 setting pin-down).

 

 

 

Here are a couple of sets that Virginia uses as a complement to their Blocker/Mover Offense.

These plays are a part of this week’s featured eBook bundle.

You can see more information about what is included in this bundle by clicking this link: Virginia Playbook and the Encyclopedia of Packline Defense

My intent for all of the Xs and Os that I present on the site is that you might take parts of the actions from these sets and apply them to your personnel and your philosophy.

 

 
 

Roll into Step Up Flare

Diagrams created with FastDraw

1 comes off side ball screen from 5

5 veer screens for 3 to perimeter

4 clears 2 to the weak side corner with a flare screen
(In the diagram, the angle of the flare screen is not correct. Screeners back should be to the corner)

1 comes of the ball screen and throws back to 3 on the wing

 

3 dribbles at 1 who gets a flare screen from 4

 

 

 

Step Up, Roll & Replace

Forces 2s defender to guard 2 screening actions before fighting through a ball screen

1 passes to 4

4 passes to 3

5 screens 2 through lane

 

2 sets UCLA back screen for 4

2 pops out

3 passes the ball to 2

 

 

5 sets ball screen for 2

5 rolls to rim

4 replaces on the perimeter

 

You can see more information about what is included in this bundle by clicking this link: Virginia Playbook and the Encyclopedia of Packline Defense