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Zone offensevs zone3 phasesRuns 3.8 s

Gap Dribble vs Odd Front

Against a 3-2 or a 1-2-2 the answer is a two-guard front and a dribble straight into the seam between two defenders. Freezing both of them with the dribble is what opens the corner, and the short corner behind them is the shot nobody in an odd front is responsible for.

Also called: overload vs 3-2, vs 1-2-2, dribble the gap

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

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    1Phase 1

    1 dribbles into the seam between the top man and the wing defender — make two defenders guard you; 3 sinks to the short corner.

    • 1 dribbles to the right slot
    • 3 cuts to the right short corner
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    2Phase 2

    The wing defender stepped up to the dribble, so 1 kicks to the corner and the bottom man has to fly out; 5 slides into the lane behind him and 2 fills the top.

    • 1 passes to 4
    • 5 cuts
    • 2 cuts to the top
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    3Phase 3

    The short corner is behind the closeout — nobody in an odd front is left to guard it. Catch and shoot the baseline jumper.

    • 4 passes to 3
    • 3 shoots

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1-2-2 zone3-2 zoneSpacing

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

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