How to Use point guard in a Sentence

point guard

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  • The team should go as far as the point guard takes them.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In that game, Boston, the Bullis point guard, more than held his own.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • The 6-foot point guard plays with springs in his shoes and can score from anywhere.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Rudolph is the point guard, the guy who runs the show, the player Haupt relies on to get things right.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Your job is just to be the point guard (as a quarterback).
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The Nuggets were in need of a backup point guard, and Westbrook fits that bill.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • The Celtics could use some help at point guard to back up Marcus Smart.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
  • The drive to better his craft is what motivates the 6-foot-2 point guard.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Because in a lot of ways, the point guard is the most important.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 5 July 2022
  • Green's game fits well with what Miller's looking for in a point guard.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Gerry Williams, track star and point guard, died April 28.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
  • After 21 years as the point guard for the Seattle Storm, Sue Bird will be gone, too.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The 30-year-old point guard suffered a left high ankle sprain in the second game of the year May 17.
    — Kareem Copeland, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • The 37-year-old point guard is already looking to the next season.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
  • The point guard also only had one turnover in the contest.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • The Fever point guard raced down the court with a chance to improbably cut the Atlanta Dream’s lead to 3 points.
    — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Aug. 2022
  • At the heart of it was Carter, the team’s top scorer, and senior point guard Colin Guenther.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Ja Morant, the 23-year-old star point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, was barely 1 year old.
    — A. Joseph Dial, Fortune, 25 June 2023
  • The Aces point guard Chelsea Gray, with her audacious passing, was the fulcrum of it all.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The Kings are listing point guard De’Aaron Fox as questionable due to a right thumb sprain.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
  • So, Lillard, who has entered his fair share of zones, did what a good point guard does.
    — oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Coming into this game, Paul was a top five point guard all time.
    — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • Starwood and senior point guard Bryce Shoto each had 3-pointers in a 10-4 spurt to open the quarter for the Wolves.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • On the very next inbounds play, Drew called a play for the junior point guard, who came through with a clutch basket.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Though both sides entered the matchup ranked as top-five teams, each was missing its star point guard.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Braden Smith, and this league has point guard after point guard after point guard.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Second-year point guard Jaden Hardy led the team with 24 points and 31 minutes played and put up six rebounds.
    — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 8 July 2023
  • And, of course, the 6-foot-3 point guard has been the centerpiece of the Hammond Central boys basketball team.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The game’s best passer, a title once reserved for point guards, is a center.
    — Robert O’Connell, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Heyn, the point guard, finished with 10 points and seven rebounds while Katie Graves, a 6-2 senior, had six points and six rebounds.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025

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