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Quick hitters
Blackford series


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Tom Blackford

Three awesome plays, run them on both sides.

a) Secondary

1 hits 2 then shallow cuts to exchange with 4.

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Swing the ball to 1, 2 flex cuts using 5.

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4 spaces away, 5 picks and rolls, 2 replaces.

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1 throws back to 2 and spaces, 2 makes a dribble hand-off to 3, 5 ballscreens.

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5 rolls, 2 lifts out of the corner, replacing 3.

See Offences - Maryland flex (special play), Flex specials (Fist).
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b) Syracuse

2 is a shooter.

3 curls a 5-4 double-screen at the elbow.

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The screeners take two steps down the lane line and screen for shooter 2, 1 hits him.

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4 and 5 takes two more steps down the lane line and screen for 3, who cuts out to the wing, the screeners take two more steps (into the lane), screen for 1.

2 spaces after passing to 3.

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3 hits 1 and cuts weakside, 5 picks and rolls, space on the backside.

See Fast breaks - Triano early offence, Offences - Larry Brown 1-4, Detroit Pistons.
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c) Michigan State Interchange

1 makes a dribble hand-off to 2 as 4 and 3 interchange.

2 dribbles to the lane-line extended, 3 cuts up lane-line extended, shorten down a pass so it doesn't get intercepted.

5 comes up the lane to set a screen.

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2 passes to 3 and makes a hard backcut to score.

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If X5 helps on 2 (he has to), 5 has an easy run-out to pick and roll, 2 replaces.

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If 3 throws back to 2, continue into another dribble hand-off and ballscreen (2 will lift out of the corner).

See Quick hitters - Chin series.up

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