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By setting a screen for a mover, the blocker seeks to free their teammate for a shot. However, the screener usually gets open themselves when their defender is forced to help on the screen. Because of the over help by the opposing defenders, blockers often get easy points near the basket off of post-ups or slips.
Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making field goals (two or three points) or free throws (one point). The team that has recorded the most points at the end of a game is declared that game's winner.
Wheel offense is an offensive strategy in basketball, developed in the late 1950s by Garland F. Pinholster at the Oglethorpe University. [1] It is a kind of continuity offense in which players move around in a circular pattern to create good scoring opportunities.
Here is the full list of the 76 greatest basketball players of all-time who made the list, in alphabetical order and unranked. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Ray Allen. Giannis Antetokounmpo.
This is a list of NCAA Division I men's basketball players who amassed both 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in their careers. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball, recording both 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds is an accomplishment officially recognized in the NCAA basketball record book. [1]
This article comprises lists of National Basketball Association (NBA) players. These lists include players from the American National Basketball League (NBL), the Basketball Association of America (BAA), and the original American Basketball Association (ABA). All of these leagues contributed to the formation of the present-day NBA.
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AE Scored 16 of his team's 21 points in OT, setting an NBA record. AF 3rd game of a four-game 50+ streak; Bryant's 50+ streak exceeded only by Chamberlain's streaks of seven (twice), six, and five (four times). AG Final game of Bryant's career. Oldest player to score 60. AH Sat out the fourth quarter.