team foul

American  

noun

Basketball.

1. one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.

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Example Sentences

UCLA, which had just one team foul at the time, had to foul four times in four seconds to send Sabally to the line.

From Seattle Times

But it was only the fifth team foul of the second half on Seattle Prep.

From Seattle Times

After Gray made a free throw, officials were told it was only a fourth team foul for Minnesota, so Los Angeles inbounded the ball again.

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Team fouls will be reset at the 10-minute mark of each half and two free throws will be awarded after the fifth team foul of each segment.

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If a team doesn’t reach five team fouls during a segment, two bonus free throws will be awarded after the second team foul committed in the final two minutes of each half.

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