zone defense

noun

: a system of defense (as in basketball or football) in which each player guards an assigned area rather than a specified opponent

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Golden State tried a zone defense, but Phoenix ate it alive with ball movement. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025 And Patrick Mahomes, too, added yet another highlight to his postseason reel, after somehow throwing a touchdown pass through Houston’s zone defense to Kelce while falling down. —

Andrew Greif, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025 Posey helped provide a spark off the bench for TCU early in the second half when Colorado went to a zone defense. —

Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2025 Third quarter spurt, but Sixers respond The Kings moved to a zone defense early in the third quarter that seemed to flummox Philadelphia. —

Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for zone defense