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Zone offence
Pistons motion


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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

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c) 1 cuts up the middle then to the ballside corner

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d) 1 cuts in front of X1 to the ballside corner

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e) 1 cuts to the weakside corner

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2) 4 cuts through before 1 makes a pass (3 could cut instead). 5 is at the high post.

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3) 1 dribbles out 2 to the weakside.

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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.

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(For continuity, 3 would come out of the corner, re-set on the other side)

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b) 2 dribbles at 1, who spaces away. Other options are a dribble hand-off, or 1 crosses with 2.

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c) 2 passes to 3 and cuts weakside.

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(For continuity, 3 would dribble out of the corner to re-set)

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d) 2 passes to 3 and stays for an overload situation with the ball in the corner.

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3 dribbles out of the corner, clearing 2 to the weakside (or 2 could come back to the ballside corner).

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Pick and roll

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