Zone offence Pistons motion
| 1 These are zone-attack sets, cuts and options used by Flip Saunders in going through his 1-2-2 match-up.
See China, Nets chin series, Versoix overload, Duke.
Entry options
1) 1 passes to 2,
a) 3 makes a strong-side cut (shown) b) 4 runs the baseline to the strong-side corner |
| 2 c) 1 cuts up the middle then to the ballside corner |
| 3 d) 1 cuts in front of X1 to the ballside corner |
| 4 e) 1 cuts to the weakside corner |
| 5 2) 4 cuts through before 1 makes a pass (3 could cut instead). 5 is at the high post. |
| 6 3) 1 dribbles out 2 to the weakside. |
| 7 Here 1 has passed to 2 and 3 cut to the strong-side corner for a triangle overload.
a) 2 passes back to 1 and cuts to the weakside corner, or 3 runs the baseline. |
| 8 (For continuity, 3 would come out of the corner, re-set on the other side) |
| 9 b) 2 dribbles at 1, who spaces away. Other options are a dribble hand-off, or 1 crosses with 2. |
| 10 c) 2 passes to 3 and cuts weakside. |
| 11 (For continuity, 3 would dribble out of the corner to re-set) |
| 12 d) 2 passes to 3 and stays for an overload situation with the ball in the corner. |
| 13 3 dribbles out of the corner, clearing 2 to the weakside (or 2 could come back to the ballside corner). |
| 14 Pick and roll |
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