foul trouble
noun
sports
: the state of having committed several fouls : the state of being close to fouling out
a basketball player in foul trouble
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Karl-Anthony Towns battled through foul trouble to deliver a gritty 24-point, 13-rebound double-double, while New York's defense turned up the pressure and held the Pacers in check all night long.
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
Towns, who battled foul trouble throughout the regular season, entered Game 4 with 12 personal fouls in the series.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Leading scorer Jalen Brunson got in foul trouble early and played only 31 minutes, eight minutes under his playoff average, while finishing with 23 points on 6 of 18 shooting.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
But this time, Jalen Brunson was in foul trouble, and the Knicks, in desperate need of stops, put four defensive specialists on the floor around their All-Star center in the fourth quarter.
—Kristian Winfield, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
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Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
Towns, who battled foul trouble throughout the regular season, entered Game 4 with 12 personal fouls in the series.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Leading scorer Jalen Brunson got in foul trouble early and played only 31 minutes, eight minutes under his playoff average, while finishing with 23 points on 6 of 18 shooting.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
But this time, Jalen Brunson was in foul trouble, and the Knicks, in desperate need of stops, put four defensive specialists on the floor around their All-Star center in the fourth quarter.
—Kristian Winfield, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
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“Foul trouble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20trouble. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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