Od BB-Charlesa:
Box-and-one is a defensive tactic, where four players play in the zone defense protecting the basket and the fifth player plays a man-to-man defense guarding the best offensive player on the other team. This is designed to prevent that player from getting the ball as often, as the man to man defender can overplay defensively knowing that he has a zone backup. .
Štirje igralci torej branijo bližje košu, peti igralec pa zelo na blizu drži njihovega najboljšega napadalca.