A look at how teams are playing against zone defenses. John Schuhmann A couple of years ago, a zone defense, unless it was being played by the Dallas Mavericks, looked completely bizarre in an NBA ...

As the game evolved and players became more skilled and versatile, the NBA decided to bring zone defense back in 2001.

Zone defense was not allowed in the NBA until the 2001–2002 season. Before that, teams could only play man-to-man defense. After the rule change, teams slowly started using zone defense in short ...

At this sleepy stage of the season in mid-August, I'm discerning patterns of success or failure rather than a microscopic view of fantasy values. I took a 'microscopic' view last week and will do ...

NBA defense is a most futile effort. Maximized by spacing, enhanced by analytics and bolstered by rule changes, offensive talent in today's league is almost too potent to stop. Even with a perfect ...

The 2023 NBA Finals features an unlikely matchup between the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets, and the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Miami Heat.There are all ...

Time zones and tiredness strongly influence NBA results, study of 25,000 matches shows. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240501091642.htm ...