Diamond Press: Two-Fist Trap on the First Dribble
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Diamond Press: Two-Fist Trap on the First Dribble
Trap the
dribble, not
the catch
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'Two fist': the diamond concedes the corner catch and holds the trap until the receiver dribbles, because a player who has used his dribble can't escape it; X4 overplays the inbounder to the middle and 1 v-cuts to the corner.
3 inbounds to the corner; X1 contains a step off instead of trapping, and X4 sprints up the lane line, so the only dribble is up the sideline. The read is the first bounce, which is why nobody moves until it happens.
1 puts it on the floor up the sideline: that's the trigger, because now he can't dribble out of what's coming; X1 turns him toward the line and X4 arrives from behind while X2 and X3 start to the lanes.
The trap on the sideline: X1 and X4 knee to knee, hands at the height of the ball, because a trapped player throws over or under whatever he sees. X2 is the middle interceptor, X3 the sideline interceptor, X5 the goalie, which forces every pass into a covered lane or backward.
1 gives it back to 3: the pass the diamond trades for time, because the count is at five and the inbounder is a post player with the ball; 4 drops to the weak sideline so the reverse has somewhere to go.
Counter: 3 reverses to 4 on the weak sideline, the diamond's soft side, which the press concedes because X2 is holding the middle; X4 sprints back toward the ball and X5 starts up, the 1-2-2 adjustment beginning.
4 dribbles up the open sideline and the press answers the counter with its 1-2-2 look: X5 comes up to stop the sideline, X3 drops back to be the goalie, and X4 chases, because the middle is already fronted by X2.
Second trap at the sideline, counter answered: X5 and X4 close on 4, X2 holds the middle, X1 slides into the long cross-court lane; a post player with the ball in a trap is the matchup the press forced on purpose, because he will throw the pass a guard would hold.
4 throws the cross-court pass to 2 that a trapped big always throws; X1 has been sitting in that lane, so he steps in and steals it: turnover, run out, because the interceptor's job was never the ball, only the pass.
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