Set Plays

Malibu

How to run Malibu — 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
Malibu — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 2; 2 passes to 1
Malibu — frame 2 diagram
1 dribbles to the top; X2 passes to 3; 3 passes to X2
Malibu — frame 3 diagram
5 cuts to the right low post; 4 screens near the lane; 1 dribbles to the top; 3 cuts to the basket; X2 passes to X5

Malibu gets your point guard a clean look through a return pass and a lane screen working together. Your one passes to the wing, gets it back, then reads your four's screen inside while the defense scrambles to account for the off-ball action. Call this when you need to free your ball handler for a mid-range or drive opportunity against a switching or late-closing defense.

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