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Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is a sport related to the professional sport of badminton. The game is played by two or more people using small rackets (battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks , made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed ...
2. The area immediately surrounding the basket, often defined in shot charts as either the restricted area (definition 2) or a circle around the basket whose diameter matches the width of the free-throw lane. rim protection Defense in the area closest to the rim. rimshot A toss in which the ball hits the rim of the basket. [32] [33] rip a C
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Averages per game are denoted by *PG, e.g. PPG (points), BLKPG or BPG (blocks), STPG or SPG (steals), APG (assists), RPG (rebounds) and MPG (minutes).Sometime the players statistics are divided by minutes played and multiplied by 48 minutes (had he played the entire game), denoted by * per 48 min. or *48M.
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Feather shuttlecocks Plastic shuttlecock. A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle, or ball) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. The shuttlecock's shape makes it extremely ...
The Phoenix Suns have turned one first-round draft pick into three. Per ESPN's Shams Charania, the Suns have agreed to trade their 2031 first-round pick to the Utah Jazz in exchange for ...
Porter, David L. Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 9780313309526 – via Books.Google.com. Internet Archive (registration required) 1994–95 NBA Guide; 2006–07 NBA Register, player bios, including all-time greats; The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia; Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia