Set Plays

3 (2)

How to run 3 (2) — 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 (2) — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 3; 4 cuts to the left block; 3 passes to 1; 1 passes to 2; 5 screens near the basket; 3 cuts to the left corner; 2 passes to 5
3 (2) — frame 2 diagram
4 screens near the left low post
3 (2) — frame 3 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense)
3 (2) — frame 4 diagram
4 cuts to the free-throw line

Use this set when you want your stretch four to occupy the middle of the defense and open driving lanes. Your four steps to the free-throw line and the defense has to account for that threat before anything else happens. That one cut forces a decision and creates the space everything else builds off.

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