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With the Golden State Warriors heading to Boston to take on the Celtics for Game 3 of the NBA Finals tonight, Ariel Epstein gives you a side, a total and a prop to hopefully help you in making ...
The 3–3–5 defense can also be referred to as the 3–3 stack or the spread defense. It is one form of the nickel defense, a generic term for a formation with five defensive backs. Veteran college football defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn is widely credited with being the main innovator of the 3–3–5 scheme. [1]
Denver's defensive effort has been a key to its 3-1 series lead, and it will need more of it if it wants to win the title Monday night.
In sports that require a player to play on offense and defense (such as basketball and ice hockey), a two-way player refers to a player who excels at both. In sports where a player typically specializes on offense or defense (like American football), or on pitching or batting (like baseball), it refers to a player who chooses to do both.
The usage of the 5–3 defense accelerated as the T formation became more popular and more effective. [5] Dana Bible, in his 1947 coaching tome, called it the best defense against the T formation. [6] By 1950, the base defenses in the NFL were all five man line defenses, either the 5–3 or the 5–2 Eagle. [7]
Then a David Robinson record is in play. Robinson averaged 6.8 STOCKS (2.3 steals + 4.5 blocks) per game during the 1991-92 season. It is one of the finest defensive seasons ever, along with ...
3–5–3 3–5–3. The 3–5–3 refers to a defense that has three down linemen (the "3" level), three linebackers and two corners (the "5" level), one free safety and 2 strong safeties (the "3" level). This is similar to a 33 stack, but with players more spread. Also called the "umbrella" defense or "3-deep".
The main reasons a team would want to play man-to-man are: More aggressive than the zone defense. It also allows a team's best defender to stay on a player who has to be guarded at all times. In special cases teams can play a Box-and-one defense which is specifically designed to deny one specific enemy player by having a defender never leave their side so that th