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Drag Need 3

How to run Drag Need 3 — 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
Drag Need 3 — frame 1 diagram
1 dribbles to the right low post; 2 screens near the right wing; 4 screens near the right wing
Drag Need 3 — frame 2 diagram
2 cuts to the top; 1 passes to 2
Drag Need 3 — frame 3 diagram
4 screens near the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the right wing

Use Drag Need 3 when you're trailing and need a quick three-point look off a ball screen. You push it ahead to 2, and 4 immediately steps up and sets a drag screen at the free-throw line — 2 comes off the screen looking to fire from deep. Call this with two minutes left when you need a quick answer.

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