double-team

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السويدية - التركية
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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player

On any given night, Pivotman Macauley was good for at least 18 points a game. But because L.I.U. double-teamed him (he had two men guarding him), he didn't bother to shoot much.

To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people

Obama . . . accused the Clintons of double-teaming him on the campaign trail. I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes, he said.

cover with two defensive players
The defensive tactic of two players guarding one