man-to-man defense

English

Noun

man-to-man defense (plural man-to-man defenses)

1. (basketball) A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player.

   They'll have trouble playing a man-to-man against such a fast guard and tall center.

Translations

basketball defense

• Finnish: miespuolustus
• Swedish: punktmarkering (sv) c

See also

• mark
• zone defense