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Loop - Middle Read

How to run Loop - Middle Read — 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 - Middle Read — frame 1 diagram
1 dribbles to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the top; 2 cuts to the left wing; 5 screens near the right low post; 4 screens near the left block; 5 cuts to the right wing; 5 screens near the free-throw line
Loop - Middle Read — frame 2 diagram
1 passes to 2
Loop - Middle Read — frame 3 diagram
3 screens near the basket; 3 cuts to the right wing; 2 passes to 4; 2 cuts to the right perimeter
Loop - Middle Read — frame 4 diagram
1 cuts to the basket; 1 cuts to the free-throw line; 4 cuts to the left block; 3 cuts to the right low post; 4 passes to 2

Run Loop — Middle Read when the defense is denying the wing and you want to punish them with a middle cut. Your big sets a screen at the free-throw line after looping to the wing, and 2 uses it to get open on the right perimeter — meanwhile, 4 and 3 clean up the paint with reads to the block. This gives you a built-in counter when your primary wing entry is taken away.

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