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What does double-team mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word double-team? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, sports) In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.
  3. (slang, transitive, of two people) To double penetrate someone.
  4. (slang, transitive) To gang up on someone.
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I don't want any double-team arrangement where I have to pull the load and the other horse, too.
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.
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.
In Game 3, the Nets did use a double-team against Shaq and employed an effective full-court press.
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.

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