The Bulls provided little breathing room with their tight defense.

For the third straight game, New York was able to score early and play tight defense to win 1-0.

For the next four minutes neither team could score as tight defense took over at both ends of the court.

The second half was dominated by tight defense for both sides.

But the Mets played tight defense, and the one run survived.

But it came on a night when their usually tight defense played a little too loosely at times.

In the second half, Indiana played tighter defense, especially on the perimeter.

There's much more freedom of movement in the West, which lends itself to less tight defense.

Maine then won the second game with a tighter defense, 3-2, and the third, 5-4.

Nebraska has the tightest defense, allowing 13.4 points a game.