Fansided · Mar 28, 2019
Zone will be a useful playoff tool for the Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors 3-2 zone is a useful defensive tool that may play an important role come playoff time.
Zone is for cowards! Zone can’t be used in the NBA! Real defense is played by locking up man-to-man! Nick Nurse and the Toronto Raptors don’t care about old adages and are bucking conventional wisdom by being one of the few NBA teams to consistently play zone defense.
It’s not a huge part of the Raptors identity. They don’t necessarily play it every game. However, when the team becomes stagnant or needs to throw opponents off their rhythm for a possession or two, it serves as a legitimate weapon. It’s something to gameplan for. It’s something to go over in practice. It’s a problem.