Basketball

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Across
  1. 4. Known by his initials MJ, is an American former professional basketball player and businessman
  2. 5. The scoring goal attached to the backboard and is comprised of a metal rim from which a corded net hangs.
  3. 7. Women's National Basketball Association is an American professional basketball league.
  4. 8. Another word for basket.
  5. 10. A player approaches quickly from behind a defender toward the basket.
  6. 13. Nicknamed “Ace”,[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.
  7. 15. The center position; also the foot that remains stationary until a dribbler passes the ball.
Down
  1. 1. The team not in possession of the ball
  2. 2. Area of the court farthest from the offensive team's goal.
  3. 3. The surface to which the basket is mounted.
  4. 6. An offensive player moves away from the basket to set a screen for teammate.
  5. 9. A free shot taken from the foul line awarded a player whose opponent committed a foul.
  6. 11. Fake To fake a pass or shot.
  7. 12. Game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed above each end of the court.
  8. 14. The ball misses the hoop and backboard entirely.