1 pushes the ball up the middle and 2 and 3 sprint wide to the sidelines, ahead of the ball, because a wing who runs inside the lane line brings his defender into the paint with him.

1 drives at the top defender and stops at the free-throw line, never deeper, so he keeps both passing lanes; X1 steps up to stop the ball, which is the commitment 1 was waiting for. The wings fill the free-throw line extended.

X1 committed, so 1 passes to 2 on the left wing. X2 rotates up to take the first pass because the low man in the stack owns the wings; the top man owns the ball.

2 catches and shoots in rhythm with no dribble, because the drill allows one shot per trip and the advantage dies the moment the ball hits the floor.

The shot misses and X1 turns and goes to the rim for the rebound, so the defense converts to offense without a pause; 2, the shooter, is the only one who gets back.

X1 secures the rebound. 2 is already sprinting back alone because the shooter is the designated safety; 1 and 3 clear to the baseline line and wait their turn, which is why nobody else retreats.

X1 pushes the ball up the middle and X2 runs the right lane wide, so the 2-on-1 attacks the rim before any help can arrive; 2 gets to the free-throw line first and squares up.

2 drops to the lane and contains the ball with his hands up, giving ground and making the two attackers prove it with a contested shot, because one defender who stops the ball first forces the pass and buys time. Two new players join X1 for the next 3-on-2.

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.

1 v-cuts: two hard steps toward the baseline, then back toward the sideline, catching above the block, because 3 takes the ball out of the net fast and the diamond is weakest before it sets.

3 inbounds to the corner. 1 catches facing up court and reads two defenders coming: that is the trap, so he looks middle first, then sideline, and never dribbles into the corner where the lines help them.

The trap closes and the outlets fill at the same time: 3 steps in on the weak lane line, 4 flashes from half court to the middle, because the weak-side wing just left it to become an interceptor, and 2 holds the ball-side sideline.

The primary release is the pass back to 3 stepping in, because the inbounder's defender is now a trapper and nobody is on 3; the diamond concedes this pass every time, and it is the one that starts to beat it.

3 attacks with the left-hand dribble up the open side; the scouted press answers with 'red denial': X2 abandons the middle to stop the dribble and X4 chases. The read is X2 leaving the middle, which is why 4 is already standing there.

Counter: 3 hits 4 in the middle the moment X2 leaves it, because the press is a man short there; 4 catches, pivots, and faces the frontcourt while 2 runs the sideline past half court.

Counter completed: 4 throws ahead to 2 up the sideline, past the middle man, so the ball crosses half court with X5 alone against two runners; 5 slides to the far block to give X5 someone else to worry about.

2 attacks the wing three on two; X5 has to stop the ball because nobody else is back yet, which is why 5 is already sealed at the far block.

X5 commits, so 2 passes to 5 at the block, because a goalie can't guard the ball and the rim at once.

5 finishes the layup; the press gave up the step-in pass because it had to, and the step-in gave up the layup.