Dribble-drive X-cut
 | 1 Create opportunities for open cutters, and a triple gap for 1. 2 lifts for a pass, 1 screens away for 3, 4 cuts off 1's back. Variation - 1 cuts to the left elbow without screening for 3. See Mark Cascio - Positionless Offence - a 7:18, 1 passes to 2 and cuts away, 4 cuts behind 1 for a pass and layup - at 7:50, a 4-1 swing pass and slow corner cut, 1 finishes the swing and cuts away, 4 cuts behind 1 for a pass and layup. a) 3 can curl the screen if his defender trails, then 1 pops back out top as a pass option for 2 (shown). |
 | 2 b) 3 cuts out top if his defender goes under the screen, then 1 fills the other guard spot. |
 | 3 2 passes to 3 and flattens to the corner, 3 swings the ball to 1 and cuts to create a triple gap, e.g. a loop cut (shown), corner cut, through cut, or nail cut. See Quick hitters - Dribble-drive 243-143. |
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