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A shot the misses everything.
Attacking 47 feet (of this 94x50 hunk of wood)
The front-court, the offensive zone.
Blooooows the layup!
Missed a very easy layup.
Boo birds
Fans who boo their own team when they play badly.
(Call it with) Braille
An easy call for an official, e.g. a blatant foul.
Building a House
When a player tosses up a series of "bricks" during the course of a game.
Bunny hop (in the pea patch)
Traveling, (in the lane).
Can't throw a pea in the ocean
This team is shooting horribly.
Can't throw a pie in an oven
Somebody made a bad pass.
Caught with his hand in the cookie jar
Reaching in, got called for a foul.
Charity Stripe
Free-throw line.
Chicken Stew (Chick & Stu)
Used whenever somebody else is eating well as in "down in the clubhouse they're eating Mrs. Johnson's home cooking... up here we've got Chicken Stew"
Coop-a-loop
Alley-oop to Michael Cooper.
Cosmetic Call
Also called a Makeup call, a questionable call by the referee to even out a previous questionable call that went the other way.
(Got em') covered like a rug on your floor
Really close, tight defense.
(It'll) Count if it goes... it goes!
A player is fouled in the act of shooting... and makes the shot.
Defense on vacation
Very bad defense, as if they weren't even there.
Didn't draw iron
A shot which misses the rim, but hits the backboard.
Dime Store Score
10 to 5.
Don Nelson Shot
The shot hits the heel of the rim, bounces straight up and then goes in. Don Nelson beat the Lakers in 1969 at the end of game 7 this way.
Dribble Drive
Drive to the basket while dribbling.
Faked the floperoo
An attempt by a defender to draw a charging foul, usually one which is disdained by the refs.
Finger roll
A shot where the ball rolls off the shooter's fingers.
Fly-swatted
A shot blocked with a lot of force and authority.
Football Score
A score commonly found in football, 14-7, 21-14, etc.
Four Point Switch
One team misses an easy layup, and the other team rebounds and scores quickly.
Frozen rope
A shot with a very flat trajectory.
Garbage play
A player picks up a loose ball that luckily is close by and has an easy shot.
Garbage time
The remainder of the game, after it's in the refrigerator.
Give & go
Give the ball to a team-mate & cut to the basket.
(The) good lord and four disciples couldn't beat the Lakers tonight.
The Lakers are playing unbelievibly well.
(Cazzie's) goin' to the bank again!
For Cazzie Russell, who had a great bank-shot.
Going to the southern goal to our right.
Going left to right across your radio dial.
Chick is telling you the direction the team is bringing the ball into the attacking 47 feet of this 94x50 hunk of wood.
Hands it off like a T-formation quarterback
Just like it says, one player hands the ball to the other.
Hanging out to dry
(prefaced by "so and so left him") When someone fakes a defender out of his shoes. Not quite as severe as in the popcorn machine.
(In & out,) Heart-brrrreak!
A shot that appears to go in, but rattles off the rim & misses.
He could be defender of the year - if everyone else dies.
A terrible defensive player.
He has two choices, slim and none (and Slim just left town).
The player has no chance of success with this play.
He's human after all. When a player is on a streak and finally misses.
He's not a happy camper.
A bad call was made and a player got upset.
He shot that from way out yonder.
A real long 3-point shot attempt.
He thought he made it and so did I.
When someone shoots a good looking shot, but it misses.
High School Hideout
A player who is cherry-picking (waiting around mid-court for a break-away).
Hippity-hop dribble
Dribbling the ball, while running with a hip-hop step.
(The mustard's off the) Hot-dog
A player attempts an unnecessarily showy, flashy play which ends up in a turnover or is otherwise unsuccessful.
If he hit his wife that hard, she wouldn't even call the police.
See ticky-tack
If that goes in, I'm walking home. Similar to a prayer, when the opponent shoots a shot that is a prayer, a streak, or some amazing shot.(Usually on the road)
Kamakaze steal
When a player over-commits trying to intercept a pass, and gets burned. Or goes down the smokestack.
(He) Kicked him in the wallet...and he's got a thick wallet!
Kicked him in the rear, and he's well-paid.
Leaping leana
A leaping shot in the lane, falling toward the basket.
(They're )like refried beans on the stove--they're always hot.
This team is on a roll.
Lots of referees in the building (, only 3 getting paid.)
The fans in the crowd are booing a call that they disagree with. They are acting as if they are the refs.
Matador defense
Poor defense in which the lane opens up for a driving player like a matador pulling his cape out of the way of a charging bull.
(Like a) Motorcycle in a motordrome (velodrome)
When the ball spins around the rim several times before going in or rimming out.
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