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Attacking the triangle and 2- Two Quick Hitters

I had someone ask me about attacking the triangle and 2 if the other team was manning your PG and your primarily stationary jump shooting 3 man. I came up with these two quick hitters and thoughts for attacking that type of junk defense. In the entire college ball I have watched this year and what little I have seen of high school ball, sadly, I have noticed a lot more match-up zone and junk defenses being used.

Attacking the triangle and two can be done several ways. You can give take the point guard who is being manned, let him start out at the top of the key. You then run what I call "flood". You take all four other guys and put them along the baseline. So, you now have 3 guys guarding four. You will essentially either flatten out the zone portion of this defense and or you will create all kinds of mismatches and open easy shots for guys.

For example. You take your point up top, put your 3 man who is also being manned on the right side block and or left side, depends upon which side he shoots better from. You put your four man out in the same corner as 3. You take your 5 man put him on the block opposite 3 and your 2 man in the corner in the same side as your 5. 1 dribbles the ball at his man, probably also drawing the top man of the zone up a bit to help. As 1 does this, 4 steps in setting a pick on 3's man so three can pop out to the corner for the first option. As 1 dribbles to the 3's side, 4 rolls and pins on the block and five pops right into the middle of the triangle from his weakside block. As he does this he will draw that backside guy on the triangle with him and 2 who was in the corner can pick his spot on the back side to get himself into for a wide open 15 footer if he wants. Lots of misdirection and guys cutting out of defenders site lines. Another thing you can do is this. Bring everyone high, reverse flood, pulling up the three man zone and giving you more space to drive.

You start out with 1 out top with the ball, 3 on the right elbow, 5 on the left elbow. 2 is out on the right wing and 4 is out on the left wing. 3 steps out to set a pick for 1 to come off of. As 3 does this, 4 cuts from the opposite wing to the low block, right through the three-man zone to the right block and or mid block. Mid-block puts pressure on the top man and right low guy in the triangle.

This has to be timed right and 3 has to set a good pick on 1's defender, make his man have to help a bit. As 3 sets that pick, 5 steps right over and sets a pick on 3's man. 1 passes the ball to 2 and cuts to the right side corner. 3 flares off of 5's pick to the left wing for the skip pass for the three point shot. 5 then steps to 2 on the right wing with the ball after setting the back pick on 3's man and if 2 can not get it to 3 on the skip he looks to hit 5 and 5 goes high low with 4 who will roll right into the middle and or 5 might well have a wide open shot from the free throw line or a bit closer.

The key to beating junk defenses is to not let them take away what they want to take away. It is as much a mental thing as it is anything else. Those are a few ideas of things I might do.

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