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double-team

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  1. cover with two defensive players

How To Use double-team In A Sentence

  • When two teammates are capable of drawing double-teams, it makes the solo act all the more convincing.
  • The company is double-teaming the more complicated jobs with both a group manager and a scientist.
  • Playing next to first-round pick Kevin Williams, Hovan should face fewer double-teams and be even more effective.
  • If playing online, one half of a double-team duo might try a steal, while the other keeps his hands up to block a potential shot.
  • With the lack of a consistent second scorer to complement him, Rose is facing plenty of double-teams.
  • Although they have been fairly solid (though unspectacular) in camp and in the preseason, neither will draw a double-team away from him.
  • Whether he makes a lame attempt for a steal or a weak effort at a double-team hap, the result is usually an easy basket for an opponent.
  • The best thing about Matthias is that he's a big body that can defend the middle and take on double-team blocks, plus, he has the ability to pressure the quarterback. ... USATODAY.com
  • Opponents haven't double-teamed him in the past, but they might have to start.
  • In 2003, opponents double-teamed Glover and chipped Ellis with a running back or a tight end because he couldn't beat one blocker.
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