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Press breaks
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1) Break (up the sidelines)

5 is the inbounds passer. 3 and 4 fake towards the ball then break up the sidelines. 2 screens away for 1 then opens to the ball as a secondary receiver. 1 or 2 should be able to dribble up the middle or pass to 3 or 4 on the sidelines.

breakthroughbasketball.com - against a zone press that pressures the inbounds passer, you should easily be able to inbounds the ball to outside receivers 3 or 4. Against a man-to-man press that is denying the inbounds pass, you want 3 and 4 to break upcourt as shown. 1 and 2 screen for each other.
 
See Press breaks - Lakers.
 
(Flyer special) - 3 and 4 hold, 2 screens for 1 then breaks long, see  Defence - Florida match-up press, Press breaks - Old Dominion Line (Lumberjack), Atkins Louisville.

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Adjustment

If the defence is denying the sideline, 3 fakes long and cuts back to the middle. 4 goes long.

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The ballhandler looks for 3 in the middle then 1 and 2 cut up the sidelines.

The ball can be reversed to 5 if 3 is denied.

hoopsu.com - Against a zone press, always have somebody in the middle of the floor. 4 deep should always move opposite the ball.

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2) Hit the ballside wing

3 is the inbounds passer. 4 fakes long and cuts back hard for the inbounds pass, 1 and 2 fake cuts toward the ball. 1 cuts up the middle on the pass to 4.then goes to the ballside sideline, 2 follows to the middle. 5 goes long.
 
See Press breaks - Old Dominion Line, Giorgis regular.

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Ball reversal to 3.
 
See Press breaks - Shaka Smart.
 
(Variation) -  get into a 2-1-2 set on the inbounds pass to 4, with 2 in the middle, see Press breaks Frankston KISS, Atkins Regular, also 2-1-2.

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3) Double screen

5 inbounds, 3 fakes in then cuts long, 2 and 4 double screen for 1 then 4 releases to weakside halfcourt, 2 slides down to the weakside short corner.

5 can run the baseline and pass to 2, who looks for 1 and 4.

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Option - 4 breaks back to the middle for the inbounds pass, then 1 and 2 cut upcourt.
 

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Four fly

2 takes off on a fly pattern as soon as 1 cuts over the top of the double screen.

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