home court
Where fans cheer
Home court is the basketball court where a team regularly plays, giving them the advantage of familiar surroundings and supportive fans.
The term extends to any venue where someone has the upper hand: She felt confident arguing on her home court—the boardroom where she'd worked for twenty years.
In playoff series, home court advantage goes to the team with more home games.
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- arenaVenue for contests
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- crowdLarge public gathering
- fansArdent admirers or coolers
sixth man · familiar · turf · gym · cheering · momentum · comfort · stadium · noise · territory · bench · hostile · visiting · rivalry · roar · crowd noise · sold out · energy
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
- home advantagesfan support, crowd noise
- advantagesedge, leverage, upper hand, leg up, head start
- sports edgesadvantage, power play, man advantage, momentum, head start
- Houston RocketsYao Ming, James Harden, red jersey, championship rings
- court markingsthree-point line, free throw line, baseline, center line, sideline
venue location
home courtaway game
Contest at opponent's facility
road game · enemy territory · hostile territory · neutral site
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