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point guard

noun

: a guard in basketball who is chiefly responsible for running the offense

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That surely was the hope for one of basketball’s greatest ever point guards, Chris Paul. Patrick Sung, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025 Clark is the lone team sport athlete to make the cut, with New York Liberty point guard Sabrina Ionescu falling just short. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Dec. 2025 The loss of their star point guard stalled a promising Sea Lions season that ended with a 78-66 defeat to Azusa Pacific in the PacWest championship game. Noah Perkins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025 Thanks to a lengthening injury report (particularly to two-time All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday, who's been out for the last seven contests), the Trail Blazers have won just two of their last 10 games, and are currently in the midst of a three-game skid. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for point guard

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of point guard was in 1969

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“Point guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20guard. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.

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