Setting Up Wide
Start in a box set, but push every spot about three feet wider than usual — this small stretch is what opens the passing and cutting lanes the play depends on. Your best shooter inbounds the ball, with a strong screener on the ball-side low block and a good decision-maker on the weak-side low block.
The Flash
The strong-side low player pops out to the wing for the inbounds pass, while the point guard also cuts to the top of the key in case an extra pass is needed to get the ball inside safely. The instant the wing catches the ball, the weak-side post flashes hard to the middle of the key to receive the next pass.
The Screen and the Read
As the ball arrives in the middle of the key, the ball-side low post sets a strong screen on his own defender, and the inbounder — now released from the baseline — curls around it into the corner for the three.
The middle player has to make the right read here: if the low zone defender fights over the top of the screen to chase the shooter, the screener himself will be wide open underneath for a bounce pass and layup instead.
Coaching Points
This is a surprise play by design — running it too often lets defenses recognize the flash and take it away before the screen ever gets set.
The player catching the ball in the middle of the key has the hardest job on the floor: read the low defender correctly and deliver the right pass, to the corner or underneath.
If the screener does get the ball inside, he needs to finish strong — the low defender recovering from behind will often go for the foul.