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    with his signature dunk—he started by turning his back to the basket, bouncing the ball backward between his legs and off the backboard, then turning...
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  • the basket or to get a pass to a teammate to score. Dribbling is bouncing the ball continuously with one hand at a time without holding the ball. Dribbling...
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    which point he shot the ball towards the basket. Ball preferred to shoot jumpers while moving towards his left. This led to Ball averaging only 31% shooting...
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    in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands....
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    sometimes defended him by bumping, striking or pushing him after he received the ball to deny him an easy layup or slam dunk. Because of O'Neal's poor free throw...
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    committed the foul. If the ball is heading downward when the defender hits it, it is ruled as goaltending and counts as a made basket. Goaltending is also called...
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  • "Basket of deplorables" is a pejorative phrase from a 2016 US presidential election campaign speech delivered by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on...
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    Hyland DeAndre Jordan Jr. (born July 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association...
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  • possession of the ball directly under the basket, and at that point is free to dribble or pass the ball, but no shot is legal until the ball has been cleared...
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  • Kyrie Irving to the basket and went for a go-ahead layup, but Irving blocked the shot, and the Cavaliers called timeout after Smith secured the rebound...
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    Warriors, Smith got a free-throw rebound with 4.7 seconds left in regulation time. The game was tied, meaning that a basket would have won the game. Smith, apparently...
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    national attention. During his childhood, James played for the Miami City Ballers with teammates such as Jett Howard and the Houston-based Gulf Coast Blue...
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  • of regulation, J. R. Smith of the Cavaliers collected an offensive rebound following a missed free throw, but dribbled the ball towards half court rather...
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    result in scoring points for the opposition, such as when a footballer puts a ball into their own net. In some parts of the world, the term has become a metaphor...
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  • straight-forward episode titles (listing foods found in the baskets) and the varied number of basket ingredients (some rounds had three ingredients while some...
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    (April 17, 2014). "Anna Wintour Raised Met Ball Ticket Prices, Wants 'Exclusivity' – That's a Spicy Met Ball! – Racked NY". Ny.racked.com. Retrieved May...
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  • got tangled up with Irving while fighting for the ball with 3:08 left before halftime; after J.R. Smith pushed West from behind, Tristan Thompson entered...
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    (10 m) shot over Stephen Curry before the shot clock buzzer was his longest basket of the season as well as his longest go-ahead shot in the closing three...
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    seconds left, SMU fouled Gene Smith, who missed the first shot of a one-and-one, but Ewing tipped the ball in for a basket and a 36–34 lead. After SMU's...
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  • Tonight Show Battle of the Instant Songwriters; Jimmy brings Lester Holt a basket of candy 2046 November 6, 2024 (2024-11-06) Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez...
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    Oklahoma State Cowboys, who held the ball for the last three-and-a -half minutes with no intention of scoring a basket, which was still possible in the days...
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  • official team was for the Brose Baskets in Germany, throughout the season, Kulboka was mainly loaned to the Orlandina Basket in Italy instead. Antetokounmpo...
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  • com (in French). June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024. Saint-Quentin Basket Ball [@SQBB_Officiel] (July 3, 2024). "𝗝𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗦𝗧...
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    Belov, Kevin Joyce and Jim Forbes all leapt for the ball near the basket. Belov caught the ball in the air, and as the three men landed, Joyce's momentum...
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  • that summer. Minaj raps, "Any baller tryna score, check them shot clocks/But I hit 'em with them 'Bron Iguodala blocks." Andre Iguodala later gave his own...
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  • pump-faked, but then threw the ball out of bounds with 2.2 seconds remaining in an attempt to get the ball to Davis under the basket. With 48 seconds left in...
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    to the basket, and sank a shot over several Jazz defenders, cutting Utah's lead to 86–85. The Jazz brought the ball upcourt and passed the ball to Malone...
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  • Francisco, CA (eliminated after the dessert) Erin Smith, Executive Chef from Houston, TX (winner) Notes: Each basket featured dangerous ingredients, some deadly...
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    Terran Petteway (category Lega Basket Serie A players)
    first Nebraska basketball player to lead the league in scoring since Andre Smith led the Big Eight Conference during the 1980–81 season. He also helped...
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  • Center, especially in the 4th quarter. At the end of the game, DeAndre Jordan tipped the ball in; however, the refs called goaltending. The Spurs prevailed...
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