point shaving
noun
The reduction of a score, lead, etc., measured in points; (now chiefly Basketball ) a method of ‘fixing’ a game whereby a player accepts money to score fewer points than he or she is capable of achieving, thereby reducing the team's final score.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The New York Times.
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