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B. BALL 101
Air ball
A SHOT attempt that didn’t even hit the rim of the BASKET. Usually used as a ditch last minute buzzer beating Shot.
Dunk
To score by taking the ball and pushing down the net by two or one hands(s). (Also known
as a FLUSH, JAM, SLAM, SLAM-DUNK, STUFF) Probably one of the most well-known basketball phrases.
Give & Go
An offensive play where a player with the ball PASSES to a teammate and cuts to the BASKET to receive the ball again for a GOOD LOOK.
Hang Time
The amount of time
a player stays in the
air to shoot the ball is called “hang time”. A Basketball Phrase used often with players such as Michael Jordan who were said to have long Dunk hang time.
Pivot
When a player is stand- ing with the ball and has dribbled, he has to keep a foot on the floor until he passes or shoots the ball. He can’t lift the foot, but he can turn. This is called pivoting
Bismack Biyombo
Standing at 6ft9, this inside player is noted for his rebounding and shot-blocking. Skilled with a 229- cm wingspan, the Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo) native is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players from Africa.
Biyombo was the No. 7 pick
(by the Sacramento Kings) in
the 2009 NBA Draft and cur- rently plays for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Naignouma
Coulibaly
The 6ft3 Malian native,
plays for Cavigal Nice Basket of the Ligue
Féminine de Basketball (Top Women’s French basket-
ball league) and the Mali women’s national basketball team. After winning the FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007, Coulibaly rep- resented Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
She is a seven-time FIBA Women’s AfroBasket partici- pant who honoured fans by becoming the tournament top-rebounder, despite Mali’s loss in 2017.
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