Basketball
Across
- 1. When a player close to the basket jumps and strongly throws the ball down into it.
- 2. The boundary line behind each basket; also called the baseline.
- 4. The basketball is passed directly from the passer's chest to the receiver's chest.
- 6. A poor shot that bounces hard off the rim or backboard.
- 8. A basketball shot that misses everything; net, backboard, and rim.
- 9. The act of bouncing the basketball continuously.
Down
- 1. The act of preventing the offense from scoring; the basketball team without the ball.
- 3. The rectangular piece of wood or fiberglass that the rim attaches to.
- 5. Two opposing basketball players jump for a basketball an official tosses above and between them.
- 7. An offensive foul which occurs when an offensive basketball player runs into a defender who has established position.