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• IN basketball and in football, it is good practice to "double-team" a formidable opponent.
• Ratterman campaigned on a promise to clean out Newportand the city's vice lords set out to double-team him.
• So if you needlessly double-team him, Kobe will find the open man.

News & Articles

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• Ranking WWE's 10 Most Exciting Triple Threat Matches Ever
  Few matches in WWE 's arsenal are as exciting as the Triple Threat match. WWE 's library is stocked with classics of three men battling each other at the same time, from Rey Mysterio's hometown win to WrestleMania XX's all-time classic. The uneven number of opponents creates temporary alliances, double-team opportunities and the third man preventing the other two from deciding the match without ...
  June 14, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Dirk Nowitzki in USA Today
  We really didn't want to double-team (Paul) that much and leave all the shooters open and he used that freedom and killed us,said Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki, who had 20 points and 13 rebounds. "Either you get the ball out of his hands and...
• LeBron James in SI.com
  I told Daniel before the game, 'Detroit is going to double-team me, triple-team me before I cross halfcourt, so get that gun and get it locked and loaded and just shoot it,said James, who had 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists....