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 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 ...

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 ...

Before the Milwaukee Bucks played the Pistons in Detroit on Friday, head coach Doc Rivers offered an assessment of his team’s defense. “We like our defense,” Rivers said. “We don’t like our transition ...