Four across against the 2-2-1: 5 inbounds right after the make because the press is slowest before it sets, and 3 breaks long then v-cuts back to the sideline so he catches facing up court with a live dribble.

5 inbounds to 3 on the sideline. The read is X1's pickup: he comes from the inside to force the sideline and X3 waits to step up, so 3 knows the trap is coming and looks middle first, because a head-down dribble is what the 2-2-1 feeds on.

3 dribbles toward the trap area, never into it, which pulls X3 up and X1 along; 1 flashes to the middle behind the front line and 5 steps in behind the ball as the reverse outlet, because a trapped player always needs backward and middle.

The trap closes on the sideline, and the scouted adjustment comes with it: X2 jumps 1's middle flash instead of guarding the gap, because the middle pass is the one the 2-2-1 can't afford to give up.

Counter: 1 clears up the sideline past half court and 2 fills the middle he left, because X2 can't guard two cutters in the same lane; 4 lifts to the far sideline at the same time so the diagonal is ready.

3 passes out of the trap to 2 in the middle, the counter completed, because a pass beats a trap and a dribble feeds it; 2 catches, pivots, and faces up the floor while X4 is caught between the sideline and the middle.

The diagonal: 2 hits 4 up the opposite sideline, the pass the 2-2-1 concedes once its middle defender has stepped up, so the ball crosses half court with a live dribble and two runners ahead of the goalie.

4 attacks the wing two-on-one; X5 has to stop the ball because nobody else is back, which is why 1 is already at the far block and 3 trails for the rebound. Attack to score, not just to break it.

X5 commits to 4, so the pass goes to 1 at the block, because the goalie can't guard the ball and the rim at once.

1 finishes the layup; the press was beaten by two passes and one dribble, which is why the ball, not the handler, does the work.