zone defense


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zone defense

n. Sports
A system of defense, especially in basketball and football, in which each defender guards a predetermined part of the playing area rather than an individual player.
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They held us down with their zone defense. We just couldn't execute and get a basket,' said Tang, whose Blazers squandered a 17-point lead before holding on in the end.
It took South Elgin three quarters to solve Wheaton Academy's zone defense in Wednesday's second sectional semifinal at Geneva.
'And maybe because they were surprised by our zone defense, na usually ginagawa namin but tonight na-surprise sila.
The Eagles, Chiefs and Bengals all rank in the top seven in (https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/opponent-red-zone-scoring-pct) red zone defense , and the Steelers could struggle against the Patriots' eighth-ranked red zone defense.
Aside from having a deeper bench, Reid said he sees Gilas to improve playing against a zone defense, where the national team struggled against Palestine but was ready against Hong Kong.
Marist picked apart Ashland's zone defense and got easy looks for Hoffman, who went 5-for-5 from the floor and finished with 10 points.
Zone defense has been a strong weapon against Marwan Khalil's side, and unfortunately for them, Shakur is not a good shooter, although he's a terrific slasher.
The 7-foot Kaminsky and his disciplined teammates shredded the Baylor zone defense that played so well in the first two games.
Greek coach Jonas Kazlauskas put the blame on "poor offense" against the Spanish zone defense, saying that they could use a longer resting period after the group stage of the championship.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim's trademark 2-3 zone defense has long been admired, but the rest of college basketball has been unable (or unwilling) to duplicate the system with the same success.
Point guard Steve Nash put up 17 points and 15 assists, despite sustaining what could be a broken nose, but it was the dogged Phoenix zone defense that did most to snap the Lakers eight-game playoff winning streak.

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