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[QUOTE="CuseCPT, post: 2969716, member: 645"]
Season stats don't tell the full story because basketball is played and judged one game at a time.

Most of the people on this board seem make arguments to solve the question of which defense is better, man-to-man or zone?    But that isn't really the questions.  The question people ask, and get shouted down for asking, is this.   Is the zone the best defense to play at this particular time in this particular game?

The frustration is from the perception that JB also looks at basketball on the basis of season season stats.  When a coach plays one defense exclusively unless they are getting blown out one could be forgiven for getting the impression that JB is going to play zone because most of the time it's going to work.  If it doesn't?   There's always next game.    Our backup defense, the full court press, has been effective but it  seems to only get deployed in emergencies and it doesn't mesh well with a short bench philosophy since it both tiring and prone to fouling.
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