Attacking the 1-3-1 can be a real challenge as teams play their 1-3-1’s a little differently. One team may have a big player on the point and guard playing the baseline spot, while another may have that reversed. Your offense may work vs one team, and then another team slides the defense just five feet farther out and you can’t attack it.
General thoughts Coach Anderson and I have about attacking the 1-3-1:
Coach Anderson: You can’t let your offense settle for perimeter shots, you need to get paint touches. Vs 1-3-1, our rule was that we wanted to always get at least one paint touch before a shot.
There is an advantage to put a good ball handler and decision maker in the high post. Offensively get them the ball at the high post and let them attack the zone.
Coach Massey: Most zone offenses go with some form of 2-1-2. While you want everyone to be able to shoot vs. a zone, it kills you in the 2-1-2 if you have someone out front on skip passes that cannot make the “and one pass.”
A productive offense is to look at ways to screen vs the zone.
** Screen weakside wing up for lob actions.
** Screen weakside wing down for skip and shot.
** Screen the point guard.
** Screen baseline runner.
** Screen away in the post and seal for lob.
Bob Anderson
Our basic offense vs. odd front zones was what we called “Triangle.” It was 2-1-2 offense.
Diagram #1- Our basic movement was #2 entering the ball to #4. #5 cuts to the block and #3 cuts high to the ball side high post. Now we have an overload on the ball side.
Diagram #2- If we get nothing there, we reverse it. Now we have an overload on the other side.
Diagram #3- “Under” another version of our “Triangle”. #2 enters the ball to #4. #3 will swing on the baseline to the short corner on the baseline. When #3 catches the ball, #5 dives to the rim and #1 slides on weakside into open area where the ball can see them.
Diagram #4- “Guard Cut Thru”- #2 passes to #4 and then cuts to the block where they post up. If #2 is not open, they leave to the other side and #5 slides down to the block.
Diagram #5- We reverse the ball and repeat the action on the other side with #3 being the cutter.
Diagram #6 and 7- This one of our best sets vs 1-3-1. We got numerous wide open three point looks. #1 dribbles off the ball screen from #5. As #1 goes off the ball screen, #4 loops out and screens the weakside wing of the zone. #2 cuts behind #4’s screen for a look at a three from a pass from #1. We hit a lot of 3’s out of this set.
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Evan Massey
Diagrams 1- This is called “Runner.” This is zone offense out of horns. The point guard hits one of the posts stepping out. The post’s first look is for the other post diving thru the lane.
Diagram 2- If the post cannot pass to the other post, they want to skip the ball cross court to #2 and then dive to the block. (If they can’t skip, they just pass down to #3 on their side and the two posts fill low.)
Diagram 3- Now the offense is two guards with two posts and the runner on the baseline. The baseline defender may just play #2 man to man, but the posts can screen for the baseline runner. But what is tough to guard is with two low posts- if they will work to pin the weakside wing when they come down, or flash when opposite guard gets the ball.
Diagram 4 and 5- This is “Runner Down.” The same action as in “Runner” to start.
Diagram 6- On the reverse when #2 is running baseline, as #2 cuts off #5 then #4 will screen for #5 to follow right behind #2. #5 will have to read who they are screening, often it will be the wing coming down. In this case, #5 can seal for a lob action.
Diagram 7- This is “Runner Lob”. #2 again runs baseline on the reverse to take the baseline defender with them.
Diagram 8- On the pass from #3 to #1, #5 flashes to the ball, and #4 comes under to screen the weakside wing coming back.
Diagram 9- This is “Slice”. Another way to get into “Runner” is to have the point guard get to the baseline. As #1 cuts to the corner, there will be times when #4 is left wide open for an easy shot with a pass from #2.
Diagram 10- #1 is now the runner.
Diagram 11- “Away” is a lob action that Dean Smith used.
Diagram 12- On the reverse, #5 screens for #4 and #4 screens the defender on their cut. #5 needs to go under the play to seal the defender up.
Diagram 13- As weird as it seems, this double screen action can actually work. #5 screens the point of the zone and #4 screens the middle of the zone. If the baseline helps on the drive then #2 should be wide open.
Diagram #14- I have shown a lot of actions where we were trying to either seal a weakside wing or pin them for a lob. Another simple action is to seal them inside and skip the ball to a shooter.
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