Zone defense is a strategy in basketball where defenders guard areas of the court instead of following individual players. This approach helps teams protect the paint, slow down fast offenses, and ...

LAS VEGAS — In a week when outside forces conspired to make the focus anything but basketball in the WNBA, the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury put the spotlight back on the court. Nine ties and 12 ...

The North Texas men's basketball team will tackle a unique challenge when it faces South Alabama on the road Sunday. The ...

Heading into the Week 5 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts, the Las Vegas Raiders were one of the top red zone defenses in the league. According to TeamRankings, the Raiders allowed touchdowns on ...

Expected Points Added (EPA) is a great way to quantify how valuable each play is in terms of points based on down, distance, and field position. EPA assesses the “value” of a play in an intuitive way.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors, when they needed them most, couldn’t get shots to fall to save their lives. Both metaphorically and potentially in the series. Despite falling behind to the Houston ...

The NBA once banned zone defense because it was seen as a strategy that slowed down the game and made scoring more difficult. In the early years, the league wanted to promote fast-paced, one-on-one ...