How to Use backcourt in a Sentence

backcourt

noun
  • Maybe their backcourt will light it up.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Depth abounds in the backcourt.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There isn’t much backcourt depth, but there are good bigs off the bench.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • There were a couple backcourt steals that led to easy points.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, a bit more length in the backcourt wouldn’t hurt either.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024
  • The diminutive backcourt couldn’t keep guards out of the paint.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Which backcourt comes up bigger?
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • His backcourt partner scored nine points in the third and seven in the fourth.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 2018
  • The Knicks' backcourt is already well stocked.
    — Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There’s more depth, and probably more youth, too, in the backcourt.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 2 June 2018
  • The Cavs are now too big in the backcourt for any gimmick defense.
    — Ngwa Numfor, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Brooklyn Gray leads this year’s Rams from the backcourt.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The first was finding Tatum, who had come streaking in from the backcourt.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Putting him in the same backcourt with Booker shouldn't be legal.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Such teams will already look to do the same with the Blazers’ young backcourt.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 16 July 2023
  • Who’s in the Wildcats’ backcourt?
    — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Smith is quite good as an agent who played in the same Temple backcourt as Stan.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • So now the Knicks have more than just Mitchell to worry about in the backcourt.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Oladipo is 28 and would present a fierce backcourt with Butler on most nights.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Many of those are in the backcourt, results of his 94-foot pressure.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • James turned it over in the backcourt on one possession, fumbling the ball on a pass that went to no one.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Cox stretched the lead with a pair of double-bonus free throws after Pope fouled him in the backcourt.
    — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But a junior who played in the backcourt alongside a first-round draft pick a year earlier?
    — Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • With that backcourt, the Lakers will need defenders in the paint and at the rim.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Teon Rushing to give the Mustangs smart and tough backcourt play.
    — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Chris Paul and Devin Booker formed one of the best backcourts on this list.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • The trio was supposed to be Pitino's backcourt of the future.
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • His backcourt teammate is starting to take after him in that regard.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The injury to Lowry will loom large against the strong Brooklyn backcourt, as well.
    — Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Both teams are overwhelmingly led by backcourts that rank among the nation’s best.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'backcourt.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: