Simply, a zone defense has a defender guarding an area instead of a specific player. The Cavs play a 2-3 zone that adapts to NBA specific rules. Kenny Atkinson has deployed it as a way to disrupt the ...
As a player, he never played in a zone defense and he had success against opponents that did. He accepted the common criticisms of zone defenses — that it can be hard to rebound out of a zone and it ...
The Oklahoma City Thunder are facing a zone defense more in this month than in the past but the numbers do not agree with the ...
The Cleveland Cavaliers are smothering their opponents with their defense. Their ability to go in and out of a zone defense has kept their opposing teams guessing. Also, it has helped them hide their ...
Down by as much as 13 points against the Rockets, the Cavs found a defensive spark in their zone-based scheme from big man Jarrett Allen.
January 2 - Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said he expects to see plenty of zone defense when his team travels to Miami to face the Heat on Thursday night. Carlisle said Indiana was "abysmal ...