basketball play

Noun
  1. A play executed by a basketball team (synset 100564531)
    is a type of: play - a preset plan of action in team sports
    subtypes:
    • pick - a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
    • switch - a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
    • give-and-go - a basketball maneuver; one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass
    is a part of: basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

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