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References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...
Derived from the literal meaning of par for the course in golf. [57] Political football Association football: an issue in politics that is continually debated but is yet to be resolved. [58] pull one's punches Boxing: To use less force than one is capable of; to be gentle or lenient. In boxing, a boxer who holds back from using all his strength ...
Wade Mobley watched FLBC men’s basketball not come close to winning a game last season. The FLBC president said without hesitation, “I think last year’s team would beat this year’s team by ...
Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...
South Sudan’s men’s basketball team defeated Puerto Rico 90-79 in Paris on Sunday in its first ever appearance at the Games, but the result meant more than just picking up two points in Group C.
The 2016 NCAA Tournament is almost set to get underway and the selection committee made some questionable choices when seeding teams on Selection Sunday.
The players overcome race relations or gang violence, and are brought together by being a team. [5] The opposing team is larger, better dressed, better equipped yet end up defeated by the protagonist's team. [5] A death or injury provides the main character with the extra incentive to win. [5] The main character is considered too old to win ...
Meet Red Auerbach, Larry Bird and the city of Boston: the villains of HBO's "Winning Time" and real-life nemeses of the Los Angeles Lakers.