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Inbounds Plays

Baseline
- Box, Four low, Three low, Stack
- Single-double, Flex, Lob, Zone, Handback, Zoom, Other
Sideline
- Overload, Lob, Zipper, Line, Breaking pressure
- Short clock, For a 3
- Screen the inbounder, Give and go, Handback
- Ballscreen, Toronto Raptors, Zoom, Other
Actions

Baseline

Box: 13 (ballscreen); Ashbury; Box 1 and 3; Box options; Coastal Carolina; Cross 2; Cross-screen; Even-odd-zero; Faucher; Gardner-Webb; Georgia Tech; Grade 8; Greece; Hal; Korea; Liberty; Lob; March Madness; Nash box; Pin-screen; Pop; Rose pick-the-picker; Shaka Smart; Single-double; USA; Versoix; Wootten box
Four low: 1-4 low series; Down series; Flat; Malone 1-4 series; Oakland; Tennessee; Xavier
Three low: 3 across; China; Duke series; Fraschilla P series; Spain high-low
Stack: Atkins 2; Basic stack; Bologna; Hubie Brown; Izzo chips; Line; March Madness; Post lob; Rose Line; Stack; Stack 3; Stack pinch double; Stack series; Trojans; Two-man stack
Single-double: Bologna; Floppy; Fraschilla P series (P3); Izzo special; Memphis #1; Single-double
Flex: 1-4 low series (Hornets flex); China flex; Down series (option b); Hoya flex; Malone 1-4 series (option a); Poland; Slovenia flex
Lob (direct): Curl lob; Fraschilla P series; Golden State; Iso lob; Lob to 5; Oakland; Post lob; Texas lob; Trojans; Virginia Tech; Zipper curl lob
Zone: Auriemma; Corners; Fraschilla P series; Gretzky; Illinois stack; Izzo special-special; Jayhawk; Stack 3; Stack series; Stack vs 2-3 zone
Inbounder handback: 13; Box options (option d); Duke series (option d); Golden State (option g); March Madness (option a)
Zoom: Baseline zoom action
Other: 2 up; Argentina; Blazer; Brazil 1; Brazil 2 across; Duke; Dummy; Fratello tap head; Golden State; Izzo special-special; Lithuania zipper (ballscreen); Screen-the-screener

Sideline

Overload: Ashbury; Duke series; Overload; Western; Regular
Lob: 43; Bill Self; CSKA under 2; Duke; Latvia; Phoenix lob; Pick-the-picker; St. Francis; Wing quick
Zipper: Backcut; Backscreen-flarescreen; Barcelona; Carolina; CSKA under 2; Cuba 1; Diagonal up; Golden State; Zipper; Raptors zipper fist
Line: Kuchar line-in; Line; Spain handback; Villanova; Villanova butter
Breaking pressure: Frankston stack; Hubie Brown; Izzo wizard; Nash; Wootten triple; Rose X-out
Short clock: CSKA under 2; Memphis A; Slip to hand-off; Villanova butter; Winner
For a 3: 52 skip; Elevator; Fraschilla; Fratello 3; Fratello 3 box; Izzo play 1; Memphis A; Oakland; Pinch; Raptors horns; St. Francis
Screen the inbounder: 43; Backscreen-flarescreen; Belarus stagger; Double-double; Five; Golden State (triple); Huskie (double); Latvia; Western (triple)
Inbounder give and go: Backcut; Izzo wizard; Kuchar line-in; Oakland
Inbounder handback: Duke series (option f); Fake handback; Fratello 3 (fake); Hurley; Rockets; Western (option b); Winner (options d-e)
Ballscreen: Barcelona; Cuba 1; Duke series (option a); Golden State (option a); Raptors 1 and 3; Raptors zipper fist; Rockets
Toronto Raptors: Raptors 1 and 3; Raptors flex; Raptors horns; Raptors short clock; Raptors swirl; Raptors zipper fist
Zoom: Sideline zoom action
Other: Carolina flex; On the run

Actions

a) End-outs

Stack (line) and box sets are common for end-outs (and side-outs). For a progression of basic screening options from a box end-out, see Faucher, Wootten Box, Pin-screen, Coastal Carolina.

Often an inbounder enters the court opposite the inbounds pass. On plays to get the inbounder open for a shot, options include:

pin screen a cut to the ballside corner ("shooter")
- Pin-screen, Liberty
pin screen into a DHO (zoom action)
- Baseline zoom action
single-double screen (floppy)
- Single-double, Izzo special, Bologna, Floppy
weakside double or stagger screen
- Korea, China, Blazer
ballside double or stagger screen
- Izzo special-special, 1-4 low series (Raptors), Malone 1-4 series (Bill Self variation)
cross-screen, use a downscreen
- Brazil 1, Brazil 2 across
- Argentina, Screen the screener

For a shooter who is not the inbounder, options to get a shot include

pin screen to the ballside corner
- Even-odd-zero (Even), Izzo chips, Pin-screen (options c-d)
double screen, elevator screen
- March Madness, Even-odd-zero (Zero), Atkins 2
- Box options (option c)
high staggered screen
- Coastal Carolina (option a), Shaka Smart (option c)
baseline staggered screen
- for a direct inbounds - Oakland, Golden State (Lob), Xavier (Winner)
- after an inbounds pass - March Madness (SFA stack high), Even-odd-zero (Baseline pin), Shaka Smart (option b)
pass to the weakside corner
- Dummy, Golden State (Dummy), Stack series (Zone)

A common end-out tactic against zone defence is to use both corners, see Corners (zone). For end-outs that can be used against man or zone defence, see Line, Lob to 5, Stack 3, Jayhawk, Izzo chips, special and special-special, and Tennessee and Trojans also use the corners.

b) Side-outs

Getting the ball in safely is a priority on side-outs. Options against aggressive defence include a ballside overload, zipper cuts, backscreen looking for a lob pass, and a line formation. Against teams that try to deny a zipper cut, have the cutter backscreen then cut up. Commonly the inbounder is a scoring option, getting screened to the rim or sometimes on a give and go.

There are opportunities to score a 3 (or 2) in short-clock situations, e.g. screen a shooter to the corner, flare screen, elevator screen, zoom action.