basketball shot

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basketball shot - throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out"bank shot - a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoopdunk, dunk shot, stuff shot - a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basketfinger-roll - a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basketcharity shot, charity throw, charity toss, foul shot, free throw, penalty free throw - an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foulhook shot, hook - a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basketjump shot, jumper - (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jumplayup, lay-up - a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)pivot shot - a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot footset shot - a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary positionscoop shot - a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motiontip in - a basketball shot made by tapping the rebounding ball back into the basketbasketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoopshot - an attempt to score in a game