This entry begins just like the “Wing Pass” entry, so therefore it also could begin with either wing player (03 or 04) receiving initial pass. This case has 01 make the “Wing Pass” to 03 & immediately ‘shuffle-cuts’ off of 05’s (weakside shoulder,) followed by 02 cutting off of 05’s new ballside shoulder. 03 looks to make bounce pass to 02 or lob pass to 01 cutting to rim and on to new weakside. Both 01 & 02 end up on the two mid-post block areas, with 05 stepping out to top of the key (after setting his back-screens for both 01 & 02.
If 03 does not make either inside pass, he should reverse the ball to 05 out on top. As soon as that pass is made, both 03 & 04 screen down from their respective wing spots for 02 & 01 to break off of those screens to their respective wing locations. From there, the two down-screeners (03 & 04) both seal off their defenders & post up on mid-post blocks. NO shots still place all personnel in “3-Out of 2-In” spot-ups for either a designated continuity offense or a type of Motion to continue attacking the defense.
This entry, called “STORM,” out of the TOP” Set is another entry that can be executed from both sides of the court. Again, 01 makes a ‘freeze dribble’ towards the outside shoulder of the designated defensive wing (in this case, X2). This play designates that the post player that 01 dribbles towards (04) is to then step behind the first line of defenders into the dotted circle area before then returning to his original high post location.
At the same time, 05 makes a ‘rim cut’ & then cuts to the new ballside low post. The ‘ballside wing’ (02) ‘flare-cuts’ to the deep corner, while the weakside wing (03) can either also ‘flare-cut’ to his ‘deep corner’ or can step up to the high elbow area. 01 can make an ‘inside pass’ to 04 or 05, a ‘down pass’ to 02 or a ‘skip pass’ to 03. If no shots are produced from this action, all 5 players are in the different “4-Out of 1-In High Post & Low Post Spot-Ups” for the continuity offense to then begin.
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