Sentence examples for beating zones from inspiring English sources

"That's how guys got to the N.B.A., by beating zones and becoming great one-on-one players.

But during morning and evening meetings at their hotel, they talked of fixing their two costly breakdowns in Game 3: rebounding and beating the zone defense.

Beat Zone defense w/ the pass:Pass plays that will defeat zone.

Aaron Miles, the Kansas guard, said, "That's the best way to beat a zone, not letting it set up". Langford added, "We'll try to spend a great deal of time trying to beat it down the floor.

In all, North Carolina offered a reminder of the days before the three-point shot was invented, when the way to really beat a zone – and Boeheim's 2/3 is the best in the game – was to make blink-of-an-eye passes in and around the paint and crash the offensive glass to take advantage of a defense that doesn't put bodies on bodies when the ball goes up.

"I think it had something to do with beating Mercer's zone," the senior forward Eddie Murray said.

Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert went directly at Amukamara on the first series, beating him in zone coverage on a 29-yard pass to Mike Thomas, and again on a 3-yard touchdown pass to Shorts.

With gas prices out of control, with the comically oblivious President Bush shimmying around New Orleans — the city he let drown — and Condi sneaking into Baghdad as rockets and mortars hail down on the Green Zone, beating the Republicans should be a cinch.

Crush zones.

Also Sunday, Blackburn moved five points clear of the drop zone by beating Fulham 2-0 — its first victory since November.

Also, West Bromwich moved four points clear of the relegation zone by beating Blackpool, 3-2, to end a run of six straight defeats.