Sentence examples for maintain the defensive from inspiring English sources

He substituted liberally to maintain the defensive energy.

Do they maintain the defensive system that they previously employed, or do they open things up?

The pre-match talk had been about the need to maintain the defensive focus but the concession to Najar represented yet another dreadful lapse.

It was a ploy to exploit the Knicks' defensive philosophy, which calls for defensive switches when other teams would ask their players to fight through screens to maintain the optimal defensive assignments.

An incomplete epithelium also cannot easily maintain the absorptive and defensive functions of the gut.

BILL WALSH HAD RETIRED FROM COACHING WITH THE 49ERS' THIRD LOMBARDI TROPHY, so in XXIV, could George Seifert, an older but rookie head coach who had been Walsh's defensive coordinator, maintain the monarchy?

"The Israel Defense Forces will be redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip and we will maintain those defensive positions," Israeli military spokesman Lt-Col Peter Lerner said.

The Giants held the ball for nearly 37 minutes, but it was so miserable that as they maintained possession, the defensive players all but longed for a chance to get back on the field.

Averaging almost four blocks, he leads the NBA by a full 1.5 per game and maintains the No. 1 defensive rating in the league.

The United States promised in 1982 that it would not increase the quality and quantity of arms sold to Taiwan, but that has always been interpreted by Washington to mean it could help the island maintain a defensive posture proportional to the perceived threat.

Although Sigismund urged his allies to maintain a defensive position, the knights charged up the hill, scattering the first lines of the Turkish cavalry and infantry.