I used to play basketball in high school. My first coach was a highly defense-oriented person.
When I was 17, and in my last year of high school the Detroit Pistons won the NBA Finals. The team was coached by Larry Brown, known for his defense-first mentality.
My coach was a huge fan of the Pistons and their style of play. During our training, he focused more on shutting down the other team and getting “stops.”
The idea of a stop in basketball means you prevent the other team from scoring by pressing the basketball, which forces errors like steals or bad shots (which you need to rebound).