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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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pull-up jump shot

Sports; Basketball

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.

rebound

Sports; Basketball

A ball or shot that bounces back after striking a hard surface.

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.

a bomb

Sports; Basketball

An extremely deep basketball shot several feet beyond the three point line. Usually attempted by a player who has the ability to make such long shots, but definitely not a preferred shot by the ...

DeAndre Jordan

Sports; Basketball

An American professional basketball player at center (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 ...

Blake Griffin

Sports; Basketball

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

Caron Butler

Sports; Basketball

An American professional basketball player (small forward, 6'7) who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA. Butler was a lottery pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, selected with the 10th overall ...

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