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Spread Pick & Roll

The defining action of modern basketball — a ball screen with four shooters spacing the floor.

For a coach installing spread ball-screen offense

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Spread Pick & Roll basketball play. 5 players, 0 opponents, 4 assignments. Spread Pick & Roll 1 2 3 4 5 Offense (1–5) Defense (X) Cut Pass Dribble Screen
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The pick & roll is the most-run action in the sport. The big (screen 5 1) sets a ball screen, the guard dribbles off it, and the screener cuts (rolls) to the rim. With the other three players spaced behind the arc, help defense leaves a shooter open — pass 1 2. Note the basketball legend: dashed = pass, solid = cut, wavy = dribble.

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