Sentence examples for lackluster defense from inspiring English sources

His advocates argued that Mr. Graham's trial lawyer, Ronald Mock, put up a lackluster defense and scarcely investigated the case.

Ms. Norwood and Connie Hoff, Mr. Norwood's sister, said they were frustrated with what they viewed as a lackluster defense and unfair trial.

Allen Iverson scored 41 points to make up for his team's lackluster defense as the Philadelphia 76ers held off the Washington wizards, 107-102, last night.

They have been bombed at home and away for a lackluster defense and for a penchant for making crucial mistakes and turnovers late in games they had controlled.

Carlos Boozer, Chicago Bulls Boozer's lackluster defense, tendency to have his shot blocked and general ridiculousness make him an easy target, but buried beneath the criticism is a fairly sturdy scorer.

Two days after his lawyers finished presenting a quick, lackluster defense, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the fiery black radical known in the 1960's as H. Rap Brown, was found guilty today of murdering a sheriff's deputy two years ago.

Taking one point from BMO Field could be seen as a good thing and the comeback might temporarily drown the lackluster defensive performance for Les Bleus de Montreal' There isn't a defense problem at the Impact: there is a "defensive" mind-set problem at the Impact.

"I was pleasantly surprised," Ehman said, "not that they wouldn't be this organized, but that they were this well organized this early". Despite dire predictions last summer of a lackluster cup defense by the United States, Koch's group has managed to become the first yachting team to sail a new cup class boat in San Diego waters.

In New Orleans he compiled a 93-74 record that was built on robust defense and lackluster offense.

For a week, they find a workable combination between their lackluster offense and struggling defense to win.

Whether that total is affected by lack of pressure on quarterbacks, missed assignments or poor tackling, it played a huge part in the defense's lackluster finish to the season.