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Basketball Plays Pistol

By Brian Williams on March 12, 2013

Basketball Plays Pistol

Half-court man-to-man play that you can tweak or take parts of to fit your team.

The play starts out in a 1-2-2 stack alignment.

5 and 4 set turn out screens for 2 and 3

 

 

 

 

 

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1 enters the basketball to 2 to start the play

 

 

 

 

 

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4 moves to the ballside elbow.

1 receives a hand back from 2

 

 

 

 

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5 cuts to the ballside block. If 5 is open, 1 will feed the post.

4 screens for 2 going to the rim for a lob

 

 

 

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4 sets an on ball screen for 1 dribbling to the middle

2 cross screens for 5

 

 

 

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1 can feed 5 at the midpost, or throw back to 2 coming off a turnout screen from 4.

 

 

 

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