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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Ball hog

Sports; Basketball

Used for when a player exclusively handles and shoots the ball at the expense of teammates often leaving them uninvolved and frustrated. Why is Ellis such a ball hog?

Tweener

Sports; Basketball

Used for a player who is capable of playing more than two positions but is not ideal for any of them. Often used for a player stuck between the small forward and a power forward postion. Williamson ...

Downtown

Sports; Basketball

Used as another way of saying "three pointer" or "three point shot". Miller hit 6 from downtown in last night's game.

Backdoor pass

Sports; Basketball

A basketball play involving two players. Best used when the defence is overplaying on the offensive player who wishes to receive the pass from a teammate. The receiving player will often make a ...

Give-and-go

Sports; Basketball

Common basketball play involving two players exchanging two passes with the initial passer receiving the ball back, preferably in an improved position to score.

Bernie Fine

Sports; Basketball

Former associate head basketball coach (top assistant) for Syracuse University men's basketball team. He coached at the school from 1976 to 2011. Was fired in November of 2011 amid sexual abuse ...

Trillion

Sports; Basketball

A stat line in which a player enters the game for one minute, and fails to do anything that results in a statistical entry (showing one minute played and zero for all other statistics, resulting in a ...