Set Plays

Scissors

How to run Scissors — 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
Scissors — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 3; 1 cuts to the right perimeter; 2 cuts to the left perimeter
Scissors — frame 2 diagram
5 screens near the left wing; 1 cuts to the right perimeter; 4 cuts to the lane; 3 passes to 5; 5 passes to 4
Scissors — frame 3 diagram
5 screens near the left wing; 3 cuts to the right perimeter; 4 screens near the top; 5 screens near the left perimeter; 2 cuts to the free-throw line
Scissors — frame 4 diagram
1 passes to 2; 4 cuts to the left perimeter; 2 passes to 4; 3 cuts to the right perimeter

Use Scissors when you want to keep the defense scrambling with back-to-back cuts and screens on opposite sides. You swing the ball, trigger a perimeter screen, and the cutters cross each other's paths — one of them will get a step on the defender who has to choose.

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