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zone defense
noun
- a method of defense, especially in basketball and football, in which each member of the defensive team guards a specified portion of the playing area.
Word History and Origins
Origin of zone defense1
Example Sentences
“That’s the reason, for example, I believe a lot in zone defense. Because everyone needs to defend.”
“He’s got rush value, he’s big in zones. When we’re playing just some big zone defense, all of a sudden his arms go from the hash to the numbers. He’s just a big body out there. I think we’re going to continue to find some other sub-packages, ways to utilize him because he’s twitchy too. He’s not just a big, long kid.”
They didn’t make a basket again until 3:01 into the second half — a stretch of 9 minutes, 53 seconds — as Oregon befuddled the Wildcats with a zone defense for much of that stretch.
Etiwanda broke out a 3-2 matchup zone defense that the Monarchs couldn’t figure out.
They employed an extended zone defense the entire game, and Cronin appeared to make zero adjustments.
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