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Today we are here to use and understand the best slang phrases which are often commented.
Basketball Slang Phrases in English
Here’s a quick catch-up on best basketball terms we wish to know:
| Wiggle | Being able to man oeuvre in and out of defenders with the basketball. |
| Putting them on stakes | When you dribble past a defender, making him look like he’s on skates (falling). |
| Making it rain | When a player or team is making shots left right and center. It’s like he/they can’t miss. You just can’t stop scoring. |
| Dropping dimes | Fancy passes. |
| Getting stuffed | Getting denied by defender. Often when jumping to make a basket, put being denied by the defender slamming the ball from a players hand. |
| A dagger | A shot that puts the game out of reach. Often in the final moments of the game. |
| Wedge | The ball gets stuck between the basket and the backboard. |
| Block city | When players are blocking their opponents successfully and consistently. |
| Take it to the rack | Taking the ball to the hoop. |
| Granny shot | Taking a shot underarm rather than the traditional way of shooting hoops above the head. |
| Alley – oop | When one player jumps and catches a pass from another player and simultaneously dunks the ball or shoots it in before landing. |
| Airball | A shot at the basket that misses everything and doesn’t touch the rim, backboard or net. |
| Blank Shot | When a player shoots the ball and it bounces off the backboard and into the hoop. |
| Box Out | When a shot goes up, players use this technique, which involves widening their stance and arms and using their body as a barrier to get in better rebounding position. |
| Charge | This penalty, which results in a turnover, occurs when an offensive player with the ball runs into a stationary defensive player and knocks him or her over. |
| Fast Break | An offensive action where a team attempts to advance the ball and score as quickly as possible after a steal, blocked shot or rebound. |
| Elbow | The area of the court where the free throw line meets the side of the key or paint. |
| Lay-Up | A shot taken close to the hoop, usually when a player is moving toward the basket. |
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