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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Blake gryphon

Sports; Basketball

An American professional basketball player (power forward, 6'10) for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). gryphon played college basketball for the University of ...

DeAndre Jordan

Sports; Basketball

An American professional basketball player at centre (6'11) for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. He played a year of college basketball at Texas A&M University. He was drafted by the Clippers ...

Skip pass

Sports; Basketball

A basketball pass in which the offensive player passes the basketball over the heads of the defense, usually from one side of the offensive arc to the opposite side. When done effectively this pass ...

Crossover

Sports; Basketball

A dribbling manoeuvre in basketball where the player dribbling the basketball with one hand quickly changes the direction of the basketball into his other hand by dribbling the ball to his other ...

Leaner

Sports; Basketball

A manoeuvre in basketball where the offensive player, while in the act of shooting the basketball, leans towards his defender attempting to initiate contact and thus draw a foul.

Alley-oop

Sports; Basketball

A play in basketball where an offensive player throws (passes) the ball to a teammate who is in the process of jumping at the rim to receive the ball to either lay it in or dunk it.