game point

noun

Updated on: 7 May 2018

Definition of game point

: a situation (as in tennis) in which one player will win the game by winning the next point; also : the point itself

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An unusual feature of the Final Four is that the winner is based on game points and not match points, as is the case with nearly every other team event that this writer knows of.

— chris chase, BostonGlobe.com, "Chess notes," 21 Apr. 2018
Even when Allertova at game point at 40-0 in the last, Svitolina went on a five-point roll an closed it out with a backhand winner down the line.

— USA TODAY, "The Latest: No. 4 Svitolina into Aussie Open quarterfinals," 20 Jan. 2018
During an eight-game point streak, Barkov was nearly unstoppable, either springing Evgenii Dadonov on breakaways or in finishing them off himself.

— matthew defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, "How Panthers' hard-charging playoff push hit a wall," 1 Apr. 2018
The all-star winger is riding a six-game point streak into Monday's contest against the St. Louis Blues, a similarly desperate club in a fight for a Western Conference playoff spot.

— mike coppinger, latimes.com, "Ducks need more than one-two punch on offense," 11 Mar. 2018
During a six-game points streak, MacKinnon has 13 points (four goals, nine assists). .

— USA TODAY, "Kerfoot scores, assists on winner as Avs beat Stars 4-1," 14 Jan. 2018
With four matches to go, Baden-Baden and Solingen are all tied in match points, but Baden-Baden has a 1.5 game point lead.

— chris chase, BostonGlobe.com, "Chess notes," 18 Mar. 2018
Columbus won its sixth consecutive game against Arizona, and snapped the Coyotes' season-high five-game points streak.

— USA TODAY, "NHL Capsules," 25 Jan. 2018
The game will be played at Hersheypark Stadium…..Wayne Simmonds has a five-game point streak……On Tuesday, the Leafs allowed a goal with 57 seconds left, then lost in overtime to St. Louis, 2-1…..Toronto just finished a 2-2-2 homestand.

— sam carchidi, Philly.com, "Flyers-Maple Leafs preview: Philly trying to sweep season series," 18 Jan. 2018

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