backcourt

1. (chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.Examples: "Some backcourts had wee outside buildings. They had caved-in roofs and tile chimneys broke off and all smashed windows."; "Each unique backcourt was an adventure playground with walls to be climbed, chasms to be leaped and dustbins to be raked through and pillaged."; "'The locus is Crawford Street?' 'One of the backcourts sir, as far as I understand.'"Scotland

2. (basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.Examples: "So the Knicks, who began the season with a depleted frontcourt, have muddled through the last six weeks with a depleted backcourt as well."