How Long Can A Defense Stay in a Zone?

[gsf23]

Originally Posted by cshs81

A has the ball leading by 1 with 4 minutes left in the game. B is sitting in a tight 2-3 zone while A1 dribbles near the midcourt line. I know there is a rule that says a team cannot let a game become actionless. Does that apply here in this situation? Do you warn the coach to bring his team out of the zone?

Why are you going to make the defense come out of the zone?? Why don't you tell the offense to run a play?

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by gsf23

Why are you going to make the defense come out of the zone?? Why don't you tell the offense to run a play?

When the rule was in effect, the team behind had to force the action. In the case described, that would be the defense if the rule was still in effect.