Basketball Play Library

Double high ball screen where the bigs twist, freeing the roller down the middle.

Teaches: Reading two screeners and punishing a late switch.

Baseline flex cut off a big, then the screener curls off a down screen at the top.

Teaches: Screening the screener and playing without the ball.

Ball screen with a back screen on the roller's defender for the stack-lob look.

Teaches: Two defenders, two decisions — the rim is open if either one helps.

Shooter reads two baseline screens and picks a side; bigs stay wide to open the lane.

Teaches: Letting your best shooter choose the side based on the defender.

Guard zips up off the big, catches on the wing and flows into a side ball screen.

Teaches: Turning an entry action straight into a scoring action.

Box set inbounds: the screener slips to the rim while the shooter clears to the corner.

Teaches: Scoring on the first look out of a baseline inbound.

Sideline inbound with a stagger screen for the shooter and a rim runner behind it.

Teaches: Two scoring options from one sideline set.

Full-court break: middle flash, sideline release and a rim runner leaking long.

Teaches: Beating pressure with the pass, not the dribble.

Transition drag screen before the defence is set, with both corners filled.

Teaches: Attacking in the first six seconds of the shot clock.

Four players to one side, short-corner flash and a skip pass for the open shot.

Teaches: Making a zone guard two more players than it has defenders.

Man-to-man shell rotation on a pass to the wing: jump to the ball, sink the helpers.

Teaches: Ball, you, man — every pass moves all five defenders.

Standard 2-3 zone sliding to a wing entry and then to the corner.

Teaches: Shifting as a unit so the ball never gets to the middle.

Funnel the ball to the corner, trap with the wing and the baseline runner.

Teaches: Turning a zone into a turnover machine without fouling.

Every off-ball defender inside the imaginary pack line; on-ball pressure with no gaps.

Teaches: Taking away the drive first and contesting shots late.

Guard jumps to the baseline side, the big drops to the level of the screen.

Teaches: Keeping the ball out of the middle on a wing pick and roll.

Hard show on the ball screen, guard fights over, big sprints back to the roller.

Teaches: Buying two seconds without giving up the roll.

Early switch calls on every screen with a hard post seal denial behind it.

Teaches: Talking early so a switch never turns into a mismatch in the post.

Diamond press: force the inbound to the sideline and trap at the first dribble.

Teaches: Speeding the game up and creating live-ball turnovers.

Four in a box zone with one defender chasing the opponent's best scorer everywhere.

Teaches: Taking one great player out of the game without losing the paint.

Hit, find, rebound: all five block out and the guard releases for the outlet.

Teaches: Ending every defensive possession with a rebound and a run-out.