Offensive Staples: Philadelphia 76ers Baseline Set

This offseason series will look at plays from each team that they relied on throughout the year and the variations they ran off each set. To see the rest of the series, click on the ‘Offensive Staples’ category at the end of this post.

The Sixers did not rely on the three point shot last season, as they attempted only 17.5 per game, ranked 25th in the league. However, they had a nice set in their playbook that they could pull out to get any number of players either a corner three point shot or space to create off the dribble. Let’s take a look at one of the offensive staples.

The Sixers liked to initiate this set out of both sideline out of bounds plays as well as from the halfcourt offense. They start the set in various ways to disguise the set, so the critical movements begin with a pass from the player who the play is being ran for to the top of the key and the passer receiving a backscreen to begin the baseline cut. This initial screen is usually set by a big man in order to free the shooter to run off the next set of screens.