Basketball Play - Desperation, Last Second Full-Court Play
By Dr. James Gels, from the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook
You only have a few seconds left and must go the length of the floor, and you need a three-pointer. This play might at least get you a final shot.
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Setup:
Have your best long passer make the inbounds pass. Place your best three-point shooters at half court near the sides. Put your tallest, best jumper at the free-throw line.
Running the play:
On "go", O5 cuts hard to the half court line an receives the high pass. O1 and O2 take a couple steps toward the ball and then back-cut to the three-point arc on either side. O5 catches the ball, pivots and fires the pass to either O1 or O2, who gets the shot for the three-pointer. You could also have O4 cut out to the ball-side corner for the pass from the wing (if the wing is covered) for another optional three-point shot... but the amount of time left may not permit another pass.
It's a desperation attempt, but it may at least give you a chance to pull it off!
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