point guard

noun

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

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Ryan Rollins closed the season as a starter at point guard. Eric Nehm, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Without superstar point guard Caitlin Clark as well as key injuries to Sophie Cunningham, Sydney Colson, Chloe Bibby and Aari McDonald, overcoming the Aces was too steep a hill to climb. Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025 The point guard turned 27 earlier this month and continued to put things in perspective regarding his mindset heading into this season. Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 Those numbers are a bad sign for Brown’s point guard viability if Adelman wants to handcuff Murray to Jokic more than Michael Malone did. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for point guard

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First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Oct. 2025.

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