What do the basketball commentators mean by transition?

Question

While watching NCAA March Madness, the commentators talk about transition quite often. What do they mean?

Answer 1

"Transition" is when a team is switching from offense to defense or defense to offense.

When a commentator talks about how a team is good in the transition game, they mean that a team is good at taking advantage of opportunities during transition, like fast breaks, pressing, inbound steals, etc.

Answer 2

The term transition (as stated above) refers to the change from offense to defense and back again. Today's game, especially NCAA, is so fast and athletic that teams cannot make a basket and run to the other end to wait for the other team's offense, as they did in the past. A team must be prepared to immediately shift from a made basket to defending the entire court. Once a turnover is achieved or the opposition scores, you must immediately shift into a full-court strategy to attack the opposing team's defense.

That's transition basketball.

Answer 3

The period in which a team goes from offense to defense or vice versa. It's like this: team scores -> transition -> their turn on defense. Transition is the time in between the two

Answer 4

I believe it is when one team gets a rebound and "runs" to their end trying to score "in transition", like what they used to call a fast break.

Answer 5

not sure........... srry