0 in basketball and some other sports, a system of defending in which each player is responsible for defending an area rather than an opposing player --
In a zone defense, each player is assigned to guard a specific area of the court.
He is credited with inventing an early version of the zone defense used in modern basketball.
Pitino implemented a 221 and 23 zone defense midway through the season.
The 1-3-1 zone defense is a defensive basketball formation.
His contributions to the game of basketball include the 1-3-1 zone defense and the three-second rule.
It is commonly referred to as a combination defense, as it combines certain aspects of man-to-man defense and zone defense.
The advantage of the man-to-man defense is that it is more aggressive than the zone defense.
In total, the team used some sort of zone defense about 40 percent of the time.
