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Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters

How to run Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters — 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
Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters — frame 1 diagram
1 dribbles to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the top; 3 cuts to the basket; 4 cuts to the left wing; 5 cuts to the right wing; 2 cuts to the free-throw line; 4 cuts to the left low post
Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters — frame 2 diagram
2 passes to 3; 2 screens near the lane
Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters — frame 3 diagram
3 cuts to the left wing
Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters — frame 4 diagram
2 cuts to the right corner; 4 passes to 5; 5 dribbles to the right wing
Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters — frame 5 diagram
Starting alignment (5 offense)
Loop Downscreen and Backdoor Counters — frame 6 diagram
1 passes to 2; 2 cuts to the lane; 1 passes to 5

Add this wrinkle to your Loop package when the defense starts cheating hard on the curl and overplaying the wing. You send 2 on a back-cut to the lane and hit 5 in space — the threat of the backdoor keeps the defense from locking down your primary reads. Having this counter ready means every defender is guessing, not reacting.

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