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hook shot

noun

Basketball.
  1. a shot with one hand in which a player extends the shooting arm to the side and brings it back over the head toward the basket while releasing the ball.


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Origin of hook shot1

First recorded in 1940–45
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She backed her defender down, spun to her right and put up a hook shot that floated harmlessly over the rim.

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Rishabh Pant plays an "outrageous" hook shot for four during day two of the second Test between Australia and India in Adelaide.

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But two balls later, he skied a hook shot, only for Pooran to shell the catch as he ran back from behind the stumps.

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The right-handed Irving hit a running, left-handed hook shot from 21 feet at the buzzer to beat defending champion Denver in March.

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Dante got a friendly bounce on the baseline hook shot for a 65-62 lead and he nearly blocked a shot at the other end, but Dylan Andrews sank a floater with 11.1 seconds left.

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