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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layup or layin

Sports; Basketball

A shot taken after driving to the basket by leaping up under the basket and using one hand to drop the ball directly into the basket (layin) or to bank the ball off the backboard into it (layup).

leading the receiver

Sports; Basketball

(basketball term) when a passer throws the ball where he thinks a receiver is headed.

live ball

Sports; Basketball

(basketball term) as soon as a ball is given to a free-throw shooter or a thrower on a throw-in, it is live, but the game clock does not restart until the ball is alive.

loose ball

Sports; Basketball

(basketball term) a ball that is alive but not in the possession of either team.

low post

Sports; Basketball

(basketball term) an imaginary area outside either side of the foul lane close to the basket.

lower percentage shot

Sports; Basketball

(basketball term) a shot that is less likely to go in the basket, such as one thrown by a player who is off balance or outside his shooting range.

March Madness

Sports; Basketball

A nickname for the NCAA men's basketball championship tournament held each spring, generally throughout the month of March. Unlike other basketball tournaments, March Madness is a single-elimination ...