How To Beat a Box and One Defense
| “Slice Stagger”
Box and 1 Continuity -Player being defended = 1 or 2 (or 3) |
 This set features diagonal slice cuts and staggered double screens for both the point guard and wing player (1 and 2 in this diagram). - As a result, it is equally effective when the box and 1 is focused on the point guard or a wing player. - It can be run as a continuity
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 On ball reversal the wing player (2) makes a diagonal slice cut off of the post player’s (4) screen. 4 should step up and off the block to set the screen |
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 As the ball is reversed to the top of the key, 4 and 5 set another staggered double. The second staggered screen is set for 2 coming back through to the wing With this action, both 1 and 2 have completed slice cuts, and immediately come off of a staggered double screen. |
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I really like the slice cut and double stagger action for the “1″ and the “2″. Can see this being effective vs. junk defense. I do not like the fact that the three man never moves off the left wing. Just my thoughts.
I agree completely…the screening action is hard not to love, but as a broader offensive scheme you want to have something in place that involves everybody more.
Though I will say…I’ve seen kids with the ‘hot hand’ use this action to explode for 25+ points…against man to man as well as junk defenses!
To combat the lack of movement by the “3″, you could have the “2″ set a back screen for the “3″ and let the “3″ use the screen to set up the continuity and continue to exchange them.