Term: Pindown
Definition: A screen set for a teammate away from the ball that is angled toward the baseline.
Term: Ice
Definition: A side pick-and-roll defense in which the on-ball defender forces the ball-handler toward the…
Term: Drop (Part I)
Definition: A pick-and-roll defense in which the defender guarding the screener…
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Term: Show
Definition: A pick-and-roll defense in which the defender guarding the screener briefly lunges at the ball…
Term: Horns
Definition: A half-court set in which two bigs set ball-screens on both sides of the ball-handler with one…
Term: Sink and Fill
Definition: A weak-side defensive rotation after dribble penetration in which one…
Term: Drop (Part II)
Term: Trap the Box
Definition: A technique in which the low and weak-side help defender rotates to the…
Term: Drag
Definition: A ball-screen set in transition or semi-transition by a trailer who runs into the screen from an…
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