Basketball

Basketball

Terms of or pertaining to the game of basketball which involves two teams of five players trying to work together to accumulate points by shooting or dunking a ball through a basket. The team with the most points by the end of the game wins.

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Finger roll

Sports; Basketball

A type of basketball shot where the ball rolls off the tips of the fingers (one handed shot) to the basket, usually in an attempt to avoid a defender and allow for the ball to softly enter the ...

Pull-up jump shot

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A shot is basketball where the player is dribbling or running toward the basket on a fast break and abruptly gathers himself and shoots the shot. A difficult to defend shot if done with control.

Bunny

Sports; Basketball

A basketball term used to describe an extremely point blank basketball shot within just a few feet of the basket with little to no interference from defenders.

Prayer

Sports; Basketball

A term that can be used for a particular basketball shot in which there's little opportunity for the shot to be made. Usually in the situation when the clock is nearing zero and a player must heave ...

No look pass

Sports; Basketball

Basketball pass in which the player passing the basketball is not looking at the intended receiver he is passing to.

Rasheed Wallace rule

Sports; Basketball

A rule in the NBA where once a player accumulates 16 technical fouls in a season he will be suspended one game and fined. Rasheed Wallace, throughout his long professional basketball career in the ...

Hesitation dribble

Sports; Basketball

A manoeuvre in basketball where the offensive player subtly changes the speed of his forward dribble (while penetrating the basket) attempting to gain an advantage on his defender.