double-team in English

verb
1
(in ball games, especially basketball) block (an opponent) with two players.
The one handed player is essentially double-teamed even when he has a single defender.
noun
1
an act of double-teaming.
He put the ball in Iverson's hands right after Sixers rebounds, and that prevented the Pacers from setting effective double-teams .

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1. Whoops, you just dribbled right into a double team.

2. He no longer draws the double-team effectively and lacks the movement necessary to be the otherworldly defensive presence he was for nearly a dozen years.

3. "Instead of dribbling the ball up where guys can pressure me, I can catch the ball out of a double-team from Shaq, become a shooter or drive, " James said.

4. This allows shooting by Dirk no small influence in the single defense, Dirk shot in 6 of while opponents have double-team or defense in when Nowitzki hit just one of the 6 shots.

5. Bigs [ILLUSTRATION FOR DIAGRAM 8 OMITTED]: To fight fire with fire, you may double-team across the lane with your other post player (x4) and have the guard (x3) drop to cover the power forward