Basketball words
Across
- 2. player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads directly to a score basket
- 4. an unimpeded attempt at a basket (worth one point) awarded to a player following a foul or other infringement.
- 5. refers to illegal personal contact or unsportsmanlike conduct on the court or sidelines of a game
- 6. a throw that sends the ball so that it hits the board behind the net and comes back into the net
- 8. of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands.
Down
- 1. A shot that misses the backboard rim and net entirely
- 3. a legal block set by an offensive player on the side of or behind a defender in order to free a teammate to take a shot or receive a pass
- 6. a badly missed shot in basketball.
- 7. push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet