The Best Time To Play Defense In A 2-3 Zone Is Against Teams That Like To Score In The Paint Or Teams That Are Not Particularly Good At Shooting From The 3.
The Goal In A 2-3 Zone Is To Prevent Drives To The Rim And Scoring In The Paint.
2-3 Zone
This Is Where Everyone Will Be In A 2-3 Zone
Pressure Ball When It Enters Your Zone
If The Ball Is Passed Into Your Zone, You Immediately Pressure The Ball.
In This Instance, The Ball Is Passed To The Left Wing, Which Is Primarily The SGs Zone. So The SG Will Immediately Pressure The Ball While The SF Slides Up To Contain The Drive.
Contain
When The Ball Is Being Swung Around The Three Point Line, We Want To Essentially “Contain” The Ball Handler.
Look Here. As Soon As The Ball Is Swung To The Player On The Right Wing, The PG Immediately Pressures, While The PF Slides Up To CONTAIN The Drive!
