Set Plays

Point - Away Read

How to run Point - Away Read — a set play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Point - Away Read — frame 1 diagram
4 cuts to the right perimeter; 1 dribbles to the free-throw line; 1 passes to 2; 5 cuts to the top; 2 cuts to the left perimeter
Point - Away Read — frame 2 diagram
1 screens near the left wing; 1 screens near the right perimeter; 1 cuts to the top
Point - Away Read — frame 3 diagram
1 screens near the left wing
Point - Away Read — frame 4 diagram
5 passes to 1
Point - Away Read — frame 5 diagram
5 screens near the left wing; 5 screens near the free-throw line; 1 dribbles to the free-throw line; 5 passes to 3
Point - Away Read — frame 6 diagram
3 passes to X1; 1 cuts to the top; X2 passes to 2; 4 cuts to the right perimeter
Point - Away Read — frame 7 diagram
5 cuts to the top; 2 dribbles to the left low post; 3 cuts to the right low post; 1 cuts to the left perimeter; 4 cuts to the right perimeter
Point - Away Read — frame 8 diagram
1 cuts to the top; 4 passes to 5; 3 passes to 4
Point - Away Read — frame 9 diagram
5 screens near the top; 1 cuts to the free-throw line; 4 passes to 5; 3 passes to 4
Point - Away Read — frame 10 diagram
1 passes to 2; 1 cuts to the left perimeter
Point - Away Read — frame 11 diagram
4 dribbles to the top; 1 cuts to the left perimeter; 3 dribbles to the lane; 4 cuts to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the lane
Point - Away Read — frame 12 diagram
3 passes to 5; 5 cuts to the free-throw line; 1 cuts to the left perimeter; 2 cuts to the left perimeter; 4 cuts to the right perimeter

Run Point Away Read when your point guard can set multiple screens on the move and force the defense to make decisions. You set away screens at different spots to free a cutter, then use your big to slip or pop depending on how the defense rotates. The action gives you a layup off the cut, a perimeter jumper, or a drive-and-kick — read the defense and take what they give.

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