Arizona Stagger and Corner Pick and Roll vs. Dayton
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Arizona Stagger and Corner Pick and Roll vs. Dayton

Watch Arizona’s baseline stagger flow into a corner pick and roll against Dayton, then download the editable play with the full passing sequence.

By · Published October 15, 2026 · 3 min read

The inbound starts a corner pick and roll. The extra pass returns the ball to the original inbounder.

Follow the ball after the roll catch. Arizona plays out of the corner, kicks the ball back out and finds the original inbounder for a corner three against Dayton.

Watch Arizona vs. Dayton

Game footage, narrated PlayDraw animation, then the possession again. Use the player controls to pause or replay a movement.

Arizona vs. Dayton, March 23, 2024. Numbers in the animation identify roles. Court spacing and timing are schematic.

Starting positions

1 inbounds from the baseline. 4 and 5 form the stagger on that side. 3 starts high, and 2 starts across the lane.

Order of the action

  1. 3 curls around the stagger toward the opposite low block. 2 then uses the stagger to reach the inbound-side corner and receives from 1.
  2. 5 goes to the corner ball screen. 1 enters and spaces to the opposite corner while 3 lifts and 4 fills the low area.
  3. 2 uses the screen and passes to the rolling 5. 5 catches and lands, then kicks back to 2.
  4. 2 swings to 3. 3 makes the extra pass to 1 in the opposite corner. The film shows 1 making the three.

The download is a PlayDraw JSON file for an editor that supports that format. The web drawing tool opens a blank court for drawing your own version.

Match the numbers to the film

The animation uses teaching numbers 1 to 5. The jerseys in the game use different numbers.

1 jersey 2, Love. 2 jersey 4, Boswell. 3 jersey 3, Larsson. 4 jersey 16, Johnson. 5 jersey 11, Ballo.

Match the route, screener and pass recipient when comparing the diagram with the possession. The animation ends at the receiving position. The footage shows the shot attempt.

Read the narration

Watch Arizona work back to the inbounder. Four and five set the stagger. Three curls around both screens. Two uses the stagger to reach the corner. One makes the inbound pass. Five sets the ball screen as one spaces opposite. Two drives off the screen and five rolls. Two passes inside to five. Two comes back out. Five kicks it back to two. Two swings to three. Three finds one in the corner. One gets the corner three. Watch it again.

Official Arizona game record.

More baseline plays on film

Compare the starting shapes in baseline out of bounds plays. The inbound plays guide covers baseline and sideline sets, and Special Situations collects the full section.

For the actions inside these plays, see basketball screens, dribble handoffs and pick and roll.