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Purple Lincoln

How to run Purple Lincoln — 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
Purple Lincoln — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 2; 1 cuts to the right low post; 4 screens near the lane; 3 screens near the left block; 5 screens near the right wing; 2 dribbles to the top; 2 cuts to the right low post
Purple Lincoln — frame 2 diagram
5 screens near the right wing; 3 screens near the lane; 4 screens near the lane; 1 cuts to the left block; 3 cuts to the left wing

Run this when you need a downscreen combo that clears one side and loads the other for a post entry. Your five screens the wing to bring your two to the top, and on the opposite side your three and four stagger through the lane to free your one on the block. You get simultaneous threats at the top and the low post, making it hard for the defense to help on either without giving up the other.

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