Set Plays

Back Door Top of Key

How to run Back Door Top of Key — 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
Back Door Top of Key — frame 1 diagram
1 cuts to the top; 4 cuts to the left low post; 4 passes to 3; 3 passes to 4

Call Back Door Top of Key when your wing defender overplays and tries to deny the catch at the top. Your 3 receives a quick pass from 4 and immediately fires it back — that two-pass exchange is the fake that gets the defender leaning the wrong way. The moment the return pass is made, your cutter knifes backdoor for the layup.

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