Basketball Glossary
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Tear Drop: The tear drop, also called a runner or a floater, is usually performed by undersized players (mainly point guards). A player usually starts the layup procedure a good distance away from the . . . View Full Definition
Technical Fouls: Also known as 't's.' Basically unsportsmanlike conduct; this can include vociferous trash talking between players, but most often involves abusive and insulting language directed at the refs . . . View Full Definition
Ten-Second Line: The half-court line is the ten-second line. When a team is advancing the ball up the court from their defensive end, they have ten seconds to get the ball across the half-court line.
The Paint: Another name for the foul lane. See above.
Three-Point Line: Semi-circle that is 19 feet, 9 inches from the basket at all points.
Three-Point Play: A 2-point field goal followed by a successful free-throw.
Three-Point Shot: A field-goal attempt from outside the three-point line.
Three-Second Lane: An area that extends from the baseline under the basket to the free-throw line. Also called the 'key'.
Three-Second Rule: No offensive player can be in the free-throw lane for longer than 3 seconds at a time.
Throw-In: Inbounding the ball.
Timeout: When play is temporarily suspended by an official or at the request of a team to discuss strategy or respond to an injured player.
Tip-Off: The initial jump ball that starts the game.
Top Of The Key: The semi-circle that extends beyond the free-throw line.
Transition: When a team goes from offense to defense or defense to offense as the ball moves quickly upcourt.
Trap: A defensive tactic in which two players double-team the ball handler.
Traveling: Taking more than one and a half steps without dribbling while you have the ball. It's also called traveling when you pick up your dribble and then move or change your pivot foot. Either way, . . . View Full Definition
Trey: A 3-point basket.
Triangle Offense: The offensive scheme of the 1990šs, as practiced by the Chicago Bulls and now the L.A. Lakers. Invented at USC in the 1940's, coach Tex Winter brought it to Chicago in 1985 but it was not fu . . . View Full Definition
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