Set Plays

3-0 Top Backdoor

How to run 3-0 Top Backdoor — a set play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
3-0 Top Backdoor — frame 1 diagram
Starting alignment (3 offense)
3-0 Top Backdoor — frame 2 diagram
2 cuts to the top; 1 cuts to the right wing; 1 passes to 3
3-0 Top Backdoor — frame 3 diagram
3 dribbles to the left wing; 2 passes to 3; 2 cuts to the lane
3-0 Top Backdoor — frame 4 diagram
3 cuts to the top; 2 passes to 1; 2 cuts to the left low post

Call this action when the defense is overplaying your wing passes and taking away the easy catch. You use the baseline cut and dribble entry to invite pressure, then the backdoor cut off 2's relocation punishes any defender who cheats. It teaches you to read the overplay and take what the defense is giving — not what you came out of the timeout planning to run.

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