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How to use double-team in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word double-team? Here are some examples.

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Although they have been fairly solid in camp and in the preseason, neither will draw a double-team away from him.
But with no one in the low post who can draw a double-team and rebound effectively, this team is a candidate for a first-round playoff exit.
If the ball can successfully escape the double-team, the attackers have a one-man advantage at the other end of the court when the ball is moved up-court quickly.
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.
Getting into position hurriedly may prevent an effective double-team.
The second is to encourage the man with the ball to put it on the floor, since a double-team is more effective once the ball handler has used his dribble.
If Westbrook is effective early and demands a double-team, Lewis might find himself one-on-one against Brown, and McNabb will try to take advantage of that.
In Game 3, the Nets did use a double-team against Shaq and employed an effective full-court press.
Incredibly, Utah decided not to double-team Jordan.
If there's two guys, a double-team, pass the ball.
He has to get a drop step or a fallaway jumper or just a jump shot where he can take people to the middle and spin back to his right so you can't double-team him.
If the ball goes to the middle of the high post area at the defensive end, attack it aggressively to force a pass back toward mid-court, a misplay, or a double-team situation.
Under Howland, UCLA has had success double-teaming big men in the low post, with long-armed power forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute often providing the double-team.
Examples from Classical Literature
It was soon clear that he could not haul wagons over the road, and he proposed to go without wagons and double-team his artillery.
I don't want any double-team arrangement where I have to pull the load and the other horse, too.
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