“Take someone to court” means to pursue the legal disputes. When had the jurisdiction of court ?

“Take to court” means to take onto the basketball court. The area is a court in basketball, tennis, squash, etc. Is the term “take the field” meaning “take the field”? Court .

Such are two completely different things, though obviously with some allegorical relations (both are conflict, occurring in a defined space).

Also obviously, in headlines or other summary or casual use words may be dropped from these usual formulations. E.g. “Bulls take court boldly” is a headline, and headlines are seldom grammatically correct sentences. (In fact, they often err on the side of incoherence.)