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[QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 1457971, member: 906"]
good post.
Sometimes the other team just outscores you no matter how aggressive/slow your defense is.
We press and trap instead of playing man to man. Think of man to man as a modified halfcourt press. It basically is. they teach five defenders between the ball and the rim alot, they just don't read the passing lanes as well, but operate more on ball denial and cutting down the number of passes, instead of forcing the ball to the perimeter like we do.

The  biggest problem with our zone is a great on the ball defender up top at times for ball pressure alot of years we don't have one, and a solid defensive center to protect the rim. I think speeding it up is a myth. Good offense and quick shots that go in can speed up the offense then you just need a few defensive stops to go on runs.  Its simple really just outscore the opponent by going on runs. A hard fought close game can be defensive with some uglyness.  We lack a killer instinct alot and our lead gets cut when we take the air out of the ball alot(although we win) but that is as much on our offense as our defense. imo.
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