courtside

noun court·side \ ˈkȯrt-ˌsīd \

|Updated on: 18 Aug 2018

Definition of courtside

: the area at the edge of a court (as for tennis or basketball)

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Recent Examples of courtside from the Web

There were nights out with rapper Drake, courtside seats at NBA games and scores of painful ink sessions to complete a pair of full leg sleeves that run hip to ankle.

— jamie lisanti, SI.com, "Fashionable 50," 10 July 2018
Ranadive, who spent three years as a minority owner of the Warriors before helping keep the Kings in Sacramento in 2013, said with a smile to USA TODAY Sports while walking to his courtside seat.

— sam amick, USA TODAY, "Why DeMarcus Cousins' biggest red flag for the Warriors is his Achilles," 4 July 2018
Sitting courtside at the Thomas & Mack Center before the Kings’ Las Vegas Summer League game against the Suns, Divac told the Tribune that LaVine, 23, has star potential that justified the lucrative offer.

— malika andrews, chicagotribune.com, "Kings GM Vlade Divac on Zach Lavine: 'I see him as one of the future elite shooting guards'," 8 July 2018
There are celebrities who get paid to be courtside at basketball games, $25,000 or $50,000 just to sit there for two hours.

— kristin lee, The Cut, "I Stop Celebrities From Blowing Their Money," 21 June 2018
The Canadian rapper is a huge Raptors fan and is often seen sitting courtside at Toronto home games.

— jenna west, SI.com, "NBA Warned Drake For 'Bad Language' After Kendrick Perkins Exchange," 3 May 2018
Virtually everyone sitting courtside for this weekend’s NCAA Tournament games at Viejas Arena — players, coaches, assistant coaches, student managers, trainers, everyone — deposited themselves in folding chairs on either side of the scorer’s table.

— kirk kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, "NCAA Scene & Heard: West Virginia's Bob Huggins couldn't stand it if he didn't have stool," 18 Mar. 2018
Zach LaVine, Denzel Valentine, Cameron Payne and Bobby Portis — dressed in a throwback Dennis Rodman jersey — sat courtside, while general manager Gar Forman and coach Fred Hoiberg watched from the lower bowl.

— malika andrews, chicagotribune.com, "Bulls stumble in second Summer League game," 9 July 2018
Celtics: Paul Pierce, whose number was retired by the Celtics this season, cheered the team on from courtside. ...

— Fox News, "Lebron James scores 35 as Cavs advance to NBA Finals," 28 May 2018

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