Sports Definitions

Basketball

  1. Air ball
  2. Alley-oop pass
  3. Assist
  4. Backboard
  5. Backcourt violation
  6. Ball
  7. Bank shot
  8. Baseball pass
  9. Baseline
  10. Baseline drive
  11. Basket
  12. Basketball
  13. Bench
  14. Between-the-Iegs-dribble
  15. Blocking
  16. Bounce pass
  17. Boxing out
  18. Bucket
  19. Centers
  20. Charge
  21. Charging Foul
  22. Chest pass
  23. Clear Path Foul
  24. Court
  25. Crossover dribble
  26. Dead Ball Foul
  27. Dead ball
  28. Defensive Foul
  29. Double dribble
  30. Double foul
  31. Double team
  32. Downtown
  33. Draft
  34. Dribble
  35. Dunk
  36. Elbow
  37. Fake
  38. Fast break
  39. Flagrant Foul
  40. Forfeited game
  41. Forwards
  42. Foul Trouble
  43. Free throw
  44. Front court
  45. Full-court press
  46. Goaltending
  47. Guards
  48. Hand Checking
  49. High post
  50. Incidental contact
  51. Intentional Foul
  52. Interference
  53. Jump ball
  54. Jump shot
  55. Key
  56. Lay up
  57. Legal guarding position
  58. Live ball
  59. Loose Foul
  60. Low post
  61. MVP
  62. Man-to-man
  63. Motion
  64. NBA
  65. No-look pass
  66. Officials
  67. Out of bound
  68. Outlet pass
  69. Over the Back Foul
  70. Overhead pass
  71. Overtime
  72. Passing lanes
  73. Personal Foul
  74. Pivot
  75. Playmaker
  76. Possession indicator
  77. Reach-In Foul
  78. Rebound
  79. Scoring
  80. Shot clock
  81. Slam dunk
  82. Starting
  83. Strong side
  84. Substitutes
  85. Team Foul
  86. Technical Foul
  87. Ten-second rule
  88. Three-point play
  89. Three-point shot
  90. Three-second rule
  91. Time
  92. Uniform
  93. Verticality
  94. Violations
  95. Weak side
  96. Zone

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