Sentence examples for defensive spark from inspiring English sources

Jefferson and Kittles have combined for 18.5 points a game this season and have provided a crucial defensive spark.

From there, the Knicks outscored the Celtics, 25-9, led by Anderson's 10 points and a timely defensive spark from the reserve forward Clarence Weatherspoon.

The Nets lost their last two games without the rookie forward Richard Jefferson, their first player off the bench and their defensive spark plug.

Harris came back a week earlier than the Nets had expected when he had hernia surgery Oct. 5. Harris scored 5 points in 12 minutes, but could not provide the same defensive spark as Gill.

The first big shock of the night had come with the arrival of the team sheets, indicating the absence of Carles Puyol, Barcelona's combative captain and defensive spark plug.

"She's a tremendous defensive player," Sparks forward DeLisha Milton-Jones said.

But Jamison sat out the past six games because of his offensive and defensive inconsistency, sparking him to temporarily question the demotion and wondering whether the roster shuffling has contributed to the team's inconsistency.

It took the defensive collapse to spark Liverpool into a sustained threat in the second half, however.

His defensive energy helped spark the Nets, and then let them outlast the Magic in a 120-110 victhat that snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Where Republican administrations spark defensive fights – against ill-advised wars (Bush II) and neoliberal crusades (Reagan) – Democratic ones allow activists to play up the contradictions between a party that claims progressive values and the hawkish, corporate one that actually exists.

In the past few months, the debate over national missile defenses has become more complicated, particularly in light of the Russian refusal to renegotiate the treaty and what the administration describes as the surprising depth of opposition from allies wary that a defensive shield could spark an arms race.