Zone offensevs zone3 phasesRuns 5.8 s

Screen the Zone

A zone defender still has to be blocked out of a spot, so screen him. The ball is shifted one way, reversed quickly, and a shooter runs the baseline behind a seal on the bottom defender to arrive in the far corner as the pass does.

Also called: baseline runner vs zone, seal the bottom man, zone baseline screen

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
Shift the zone to the right first — its weak-side low defender sags into the lane next to 5.
- 1 passes to 3
- 1 cuts to the top
2Phase 2
Reverse it over the top while 2 runs the baseline; 5 steps out and screens the low defender in, so 2 runs behind his back to the corner.
- 5 screens for 2
- 2 cuts to the left corner
- 3 passes to 1
- 1 passes to 4
3Phase 3
The bottom defender is sealed and cannot recover — corner three off the reversal.
- 4 passes to 2
- 2 shoots