CAMDEN, N.J.–The Philadelphia 76ers are a top 5 defensive team in the league as they currently rank fifth in defensive rating at 109.8. When the Sixers are able to get back and settle into their ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have a new head coach and a new defensive scheme, and the same old problems with transition defense. Sunday night, the opposing coach bailed them out. Jazz coach Will Hardy ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Late in the second quarter of the Lakers’ 131-114 road loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, Grizzlies big man Jaren Jackson Jr. grabbed a defensive rebound inside the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a Brook Lopez 3-pointer cut the Milwaukee Bucks’ deficit to 19 points midway through the third quarter, Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant inbounded the basketball to ...

The Boston Celtics transition defense has been tested during the first three games of their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Both Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe are a blur in ...

EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers are more than aware of the trends that have shown up in most of their seven losses through 24 games. A perimeter defense that struggles to contain quicker ball-handlers. And a ...

Kentucky went into Tuesday night's game with the 4th-best defense analytically in college basketball, but at the same time, they were facing the nation's 4th-best offense, too. Something was going to ...

The New York Knicks' 2-1 start hasn't masked flaws in transition defense. Mikal Bridges pulled no punches after the team's road loss to the Miami Heat, calling out execution issues that nearly cost ...