foul trouble
noun/ˈfaʊl trʌbl/
/ˈfaʊl trʌbl/
[uncountable]- (in basketball) a situation in which a player is close to the maximum number of times they can break the rules before they have to leave the game
- Foul trouble also meant they lost star player Stephen Curry.
- in foul trouble Josh Smith drew two fouls in the first two minutes and spent most of the game in foul trouble.
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