frontcourt
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- noun
- /ˈfrʌntˌkɔrt/
- Jargon
- Taj Gibson is not playing well early, making an already shaky frontcourt even shakier.
- frontcourt player
- frontcourt duo
- a solid frontcourt
Examples
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UK's frontcourt is not the only part of Mitchell's team that will play a part in defending Griner.
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The team relied heavily on their strong frontcourt to score points near the basket.
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Who stays and who goes in the Utah frontcourt?
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The biggest question in the frontcourt: How much has Bachynski progressed?
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In the frontcourt, York is hoping that returning sophomore Thomas Hart will fill the void down low.
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Small forwards by trade, the influx of frontcourt talent hardly stops with him.
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I'm still not too enamored with the Lee/Landry frontcourt in the final minutes.
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Do the Spurs have a frontcourt player who can chase a true stretch 4?
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His frontcourt partner, Tristan Thompson, also didn't have a bad game himself.
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And especially against this team: the Bulls have a strong frontcourt and scored 115 points on 63.8 percent shooting at Cleveland on Friday.
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Synonyms
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An area near the other team's basket at the far end of the court
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word frontcourt comes from two simple parts: front ('the front part') and court ('playing area'). So it literally means the front part of the basketball court near the opponent's basket, and that's why it also names the players who work there, like the forwards and the center.