Sentence examples for critical possession from inspiring English sources

But Smith would play nearly every fourth quarter and every critical possession, making the situation more palatable.

But after the Nets' defense held on a critical possession, he stepped out of bounds while dribbling with 32.5 seconds on the clock.

Antoine Wright was assigned to cover Salmons on the critical possession of the game, and Wright spread his arms wide and dropped into a crouch.

There were valid questions about D'Antoni's decisions in Tuesday's 96-93 defeat aTD Gardenen, chief among them: Why was Jeffries, the Knicks' worst offensive player, featured on the most critical possession of the game?

Over three critical possessions Thursday, he missed two shots and was called for an offensive foul.

It was a 3-3 game with little threat of either team scoring more points except on two critical possessions: the Ravens with the ball seconds before halftime, and the Redskins with the ball early in the fourth quarter.

Meadow, with a few weeks of Columbia behind her, helps out with all the critical self-possession of Northrop Frye.

But Duke failed to double-team Parker on a critical late possession.

Columbia Coach Norries Wilson took responsibility for extending the critical Fordham possession.

Sure enough, the onside kick worked, and the Saints squeezed out a critical extra possession and a surge of momentum.

If you read Moore's poems from the beginning, with Leavell's biography in hand and, nearby, a small stack of books, including Moore's "Selected Letters, Charles Molesworthh's excellent "Marianne Moore: A Literary Life," and Bonnie Costello's definitive critical study, "Imaginary Possessions," you find, in her various guises, as complete a self-portrait as any American poet has conveyed.