defense team vs defense lawyers

defense team and defense lawyers both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defense team	Yes	No	No	No
defense lawyers	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, defense team and defense lawyers are synonyms defined as:

defense team and defense lawyers: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

Other synonyms of defense team include defence, defense.

defense team (noun)	defense lawyers (noun)
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively	the defendant and his legal advisors collectively