Offence Flex specials

| 1 1) Flex cut and clear
a) Hold
Post isolation. 1 passes to 4, 2 flex cuts using 5 and keeps going, 5 ducks in. |

| 2 4 looks inside for 5 or passes to 1 who can pass directly to 5 or dribble down if X5 comes over the top.
Option (shown) - 3 and 4 stagger screen for 2 on a pass to 1. |

| 3 b) Fist
1 slides away, 5 ducks in then continues to ballscreen for 4.
Fist is an option in Flex Hold if 4 has no pass.
See Maryland flex. |

| 4 2) Rip
2 backscreens for 4
See Offence - Hubie Brown triangle attack, Nets, Flex variations.
1 passes to 4 who passes to 3, 2 flex cuts then backscreens for 4, 5 comes high as 4 cuts to the basket.
(Rip-get option - 4 sprints into a pick and roll with 3, 2 clears to the weakside corner) |

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| 6 Kickback option
If 4 passes back to 1 (e.g., 3 is denied), look for a lob pass off the backscreen.
5 will again ballscreen on a pass to 2 out top.
See Larry Brown, North Carolina. |

| 7 3) Argentina ballscreen
2 flex cuts on the pass to 4, who swings it to 3 and follows to pick and pop, 2 backscreens for 4 then pops out to the wing.
See Offence - Argentina flex. |

| 8 Regular flex cut
4) New Jersey Nets series (see Nets)
1 passes to 4, 2 flex cuts using 5, then 4 passes to 3.
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| 9 a) Power
3 passes back to 4, 5 cross-screens for 2, who goes under, 5 ducks into the middle. |

| 10 b) Cross
2 cross-screens for 5, 4 downscreens for 2. |

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| 12 c) Cross-get
5 ballscreens for 3, 4 goes to the weakside low post, 2 comes out to the weakside slot, 1 spaces away. |

| 13 1 passes to 4, 2 flex cuts using 5. |

| 14 a) Back
4 passes to 3, 2 backscreens for 5, 1 and 4 stagger screen for 2. |

| 15 b) Panther
5 and 1 stagger screen for 2 (4 doesn't pass to 3). |
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