Zone Offense: Gap Drive and Pitch Back vs 2-3
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Zone Offense: Gap Drive and Pitch Back vs 2-3
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4-out look against the 2-3: 1 top, 2 and 3 wide, 4 on the left block, 5 standing in the gap on the right side between X2 and X4. Why 5 is in the gap and not on the block: he is about to screen the guard, and a post in the gap is already next to him.
1 passes to 2 and the zone shifts. As it does, 3 slides down to the left corner and 4 cuts underneath the zone to the right block. Why the two cuts: the corner holds the weak forward and the block cut puts a player behind the middle before the drive.
5 steps up and screens X2, the near top guard, as he drops to the nail. Why screen the guard on the move: a guard sliding to the nail is the easiest defender in the zone to screen, and the seam beside him is the drive.
2 drives the seam between X2, who is screened, and X4, who came up on the wing, toward the elbow. The read is who collapses: X5 comes up to stop the ball. Why the drive stops at the elbow: the pull-up is there, and a drive past it runs into three low defenders.
With X5 up, 2 passes to 4 cutting underneath on the block. Why the pass goes down and not out: the middle left the block to stop the ball, and the forward on that side is still up on the wing.
4 lays it in. Score. Why this is the drive every zone offense needs: it is not a layup drive, it is a two-defender drive, and whichever two come, a third player is open.
Next trip, the adjustment: the zone jams its seams, the top guards sitting lower and closer together so the gap between guard and forward is closed before the wing even catches. Reset: 1 at the top, 2 and 3 on the wings, 4 and 5 in the short corners. Why the zone does this: a packed-in 2-3 gives up the perimeter to take away the seam drive.
1 passes to 3 and 3 passes straight back, making the jammed zone shift twice. Why two quick passes: a zone that is packed in has to move to stay packed, and the two passes make the guards move before the screens arrive.
3 passes back to 1 and the jammed guards settle again, close together. Why the ball goes back to the top: the counter is a middle drive, and it starts from the top.
The counter: 2 and 3 sprint across the lane and screen X1 and X2 on the inside, opening a path down the middle for 1. Why both wings screen: a jammed two-guard front is two defenders standing together, and two screens take them both out of the middle at once.
1 attacks the gap the screens created, straight down the middle. The read is X5: he steps up to stop the drive. Why the read is the same one as before: a middle who leaves the rim always opens the baseline behind him.
With X5 up, 1 hits 4 behind the zone in the left short corner with a bounce pass. Why the short corner and not the block: the forwards pinch to the blocks when the middle leaves, and the short corner is behind both of them.
4 scores from the short corner. Score. Why the counter beats a jammed zone: the seams were closed, so the offense made new ones with screens, and the middle still had to choose.
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