1-4 high delay game

5 minute animated video tutorial now included at the end of this page!

• The primary offensive action consists of the point guard dribbling out either wing. The wing responds to the point guard dribbling in his/her direction with a shallow cut to the top of the key and receives a return pass from the wing.
• On the Shallow cut, the wing goes underneath the high post, using the high post player as a screen.

• Play simply continues in this manner, with the layer at the top of the key dribbling out either wing, and the wing responding with a shallow cut under the high post for a return pass at the top of the key. As simple as this action is,it can be a very effective delay for teams with good ball-handling guards who can read and react to different defensive adjustments at the point of the high post screen.

• If the defense fully overplays the wings in order to disrupt the action, we can look for the pass to the high post, followed by a backdoor cut by the wings. If we aren’t open on the back-door cut, the high post player looks to complete a return pass to the point guard filling in on the wing, or the weak-side wing filling in at the top of the key with an L-Cut. the wing that made the backdoor cut simply continues through to the opposite side.

• If the defense switches the screen at the high post in order to deny the return pass to the point, the high post player simply dives to the basket and looks for a post-up opportunity to take advantage of the size mismatch.

• If the wing defender (X2 here) tries to cheat over the top to deny the return pass, the wing player (2) responds with a backdoor cut.

• We can also have the wing (2) screen for the high post (5) against pressure , looking to create an easy basket or a size mismatch (5 vs. X2) in the basket area.