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Half courtvs man3 phasesRuns 9.5 s

Zipper Triple Stagger

A zipper cut sets the defence reacting, then the passer is sent on a three-screen trip: a back screen first, then two stagger screens deliberately spaced far apart. The gap between the screens is what turns a contested catch into an open one.

Also called: zipper back screen stagger, wide stagger series

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

Phase by phase

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    1Phase 1

    1 dribbles down to the wing while 3 steps down and zippers 2 straight up the lane line to the top. 2’s catch is the trigger for everything after it.

    • 1 dribbles to the left wing
    • 3 screens for 2
    • 2 cuts
    • 1 passes to 2
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    2Phase 2

    3 turns his zipper screen into a back screen on the passer’s man — the defender is braced for staggers and gets hit with this first. 1 cuts off it and runs under the rim to the far side.

    • 3 screens for 1
    • 1 cuts to the rim
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    3Phase 3

    5 on the block and 4 dropping from the slot set the two staggers as far apart as you dare — the chaser has to cover real ground between them. 1 comes off both to the right slot; if his man chases too hard, 4 slips to the rim.

    • 5 screens for 1
    • 4 screens for 1
    • 1 cuts to the right slot
    • 2 passes to 1
    • 1 shoots
    • 4 cuts to the rimoption

zipperback-screenstaggerwide-screensslipshooter

Terms in this play

Back screenSlip

Run it, tilt it, put a defense on it, change it.

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