Press breakvs zone4 phasesRuns 8.7 s

Press Break vs 2-2-1

A 2-2-1 gives up the first pass and traps near the half-court line instead, so the break beats it with speed rather than with a reversal. Advance the ball up the sideline, hit the middle man at the hash before the second line closes, and finish four-on-three the other way.

Also called: vs 2-2-1, three quarter press break, sideline press break

Open in the app

Run it, tilt it, put a defense on it, change it. Free to start. No account, nothing to install.

Phase by phase

1Phase 1
They give you the first pass — take it and get the ball moving up the sideline.
- 1 passes to 3
- 1 cuts
- 4 cuts
2Phase 2
Dribble it up the side and read the second line; 4 runs the middle ahead of the ball, 1 steps in behind as the safety.
- 3 dribbles
- 2 cuts
- 4 cuts
- 5 cuts to the top
- 1 cuts
3Phase 3
Hit the middle before the trap arrives — from there it is four attacking three, with 1 trailing.
- 3 passes to 4
- 5 cuts to the high post
- 2 cuts
- 3 cuts
- 1 cuts
4Phase 4
4 attacks the middle and makes the last defender commit — dump it to 5 at the rim, or kick to the wing he leaves. 1 trails as the safety.
- 4 dribbles to the top
- 5 cuts to the rim
- 2 cuts to the left wing
- 3 cuts to the right wing
- 1 cuts
- 4 passes to 5
- 5 shoots