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point guard
noun
basketball : a player who is one of the two guards on a team and is the one most responsible for leading the team when it has the ball and is trying to score
Full Definition of POINT GUARD
: a guard in basketball who is chiefly responsible for running the offense
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First Known Use of POINT GUARD
1970
Rhymes with POINT GUARD
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