English in basketball games

English knowledge in basketball games

Playing court free throw line free throw line violation screen

Basketball basketball free throw lane free throw lane shooting goal throw two Second dribble double dribble

side line three point line blocking free throw violation

center line center line restricted area kicking the ball illegal dribbling illegal dribble

end line used ball used ball held ball technical foul

boundary line foul markers foul markers penalty intentional foul

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Front court, own basket, free throw, free throw, personal contact

Mid court, opponent's basket, opponet's basket, foul, physical contact, screen foul

Back court Team foul mark Pushing The act of shooting

Center circle Team bench Holding The goaln't madel

Basket ring, substitude bench, charging, cancel score

Net, team bench areas, trip, control of the ball

backboard whistle pass obstructed vision

Air ball: "Three non-touches", the ball thrown does not touch anything.

Alley-oop: "Alley-oop." One player throws the ball into the air, and another player catches the ball in the air and dunks it into the basket.

Arena: competition venue; arena. For example, Seattle's home stadium is called Key Arena.

Assist: assist (abbreviation: Ast.).

Backboard: Backboard. Note that it is not basketboard.

Backcourt: Backcourt. A team's own half is the backcourt, which is the half of the court that the team has to defend.

Backdoor play: one of the basic tactics of basketball. When one player receives the ball around the free throw arc,

another player immediately cuts to the basket from the weak side, receives a pass from his teammate and scores a shot.

Baseline: Bottom line. Boundary lines at both ends of the pitch.

Basket: Basket. Also known as ring, there is also a popular way of saying it is hoop.

Bench: Substitute player.

Block shot: Block shot (abbreviation: Blk.).

Boo: boo (n); boo (v). A way for fans to vent their dissatisfaction.

Bounce pass: hit the ground pass.

Box out: Grab a rebound to block someone, that is, when grabbing a rebound, stand between the opponent and the basket and use your body to block the defensive player.

Brick: (v) The ball hits the basket or backboard and is knocked out. When the away team was taking free throws, many Bulls fans would hold a sign with "Brick" written on it and wave it in front of the free throw player's eyes, disrupting his vision. In order to achieve the purpose of interfering with free throws.

Buzzer beater: The last shot before the game ends. The buzzer is a buzzer used for competitions.

Captian: Captain. The captain is the only person on the field qualified to discuss rules and penalties with the referee.

Coach: Coach. For example, the head coach is the head coach and the assistant coach is the assistant coach.

Coast-to-coast: From one end of the court to the other (n). For example: coast-to-coast pass.

Conference: Alliance. The NBA is divided into two leagues (Eastern Conference and Western Conference), and each league has its own logo.

Commissioner: President. The current commissioner of the NBA is David Stern.

Court: Stadium; playing field. home court.

Crossover: Cross dribbling. is Tim Hardaway's trademark move.

Cut: Cut in.

Debut: first appearance.

Defense: Defense. When the away team attacks, we can often hear the home fans shouting "Defense! Defense!" led by the stadium sound engineer.

Deny the ball: Defend around the front.

Disqualification: Being sent off (abbreviation: DQ.).

Division: Division. The NBA has four divisions, and each league has two divisions.

Double-double: Double-double, that is, two technical statistical indicators reach double digits.

Double-team: double team attack.

Double dribble: Two dribbles.

Downtown: Beyond the three-point line.

Draft: The draft is the NBA’s annual recruitment meeting.

Dribble: Dribble (vt, n).

Duo: The original meaning is a duet, which specifically refers to a two-person combination in basketball.

Fadeaway shot: A fadeaway shot. Also used as fadeaway jumper.

Fake: fake action (n); make fake action (v).

Fast break: fast break; quick break.

Finals: Finals. Semifinals semifinals.

Field goal: Shooting (general term), including two-point shooting and three-point shooting (abbreviation: FG.).

Finger roll: The action of fingering the ball when making an underhand layup.

Flagrant foul: An unnecessary or excessive foul.

Foul: Foul.

A personal foul is a personal foul; the cumulative fouls of the entire team are called a team foul.

Foul trouble: (n) The trouble caused by a player being restricted by the number of fouls. For example, the player's

number of fouls has been close to 6 times and he commits one or two more fouls. If you violate the rules, you will be sent off.

Free agent: Free person. Athletes and newcomers whose contracts have expired are free agents, and the free agent's stay is not restricted by the team.

Free throw: Free throw (abbreviation: FT.).

Frontcourt: Frontcourt. The opponent's half is the frontcourt, that is, the half of the field where our players attack.

Give-and-go: One of the basic tactical coordination, the offensive player passes the ball to another teammate - give, then cuts to the basket,

then receives the return pass from his teammate Score a layup (or dunk) - go. This is what we often call "pass-and-cut cooperation."

Gunner: A shooter who shoots frequently.

Hand-checking: a: A defensive technique in which the opponent's position is tracked by contacting the opponent's body with the hands.

Also called hand-check. b: A type of defensive foul. The defensive player blocks the offensive player's movement with his hands.

You cannot open your arms to block the movement of the defender. Legal hand-checking technology only allows you to touch the opponent's body with your hands to track the opponent's position, but your hands are not allowed to be used. force, nor is it allowed to obstruct the opponent's line of sight.

Hang time: Hang time, that is, the time an athlete stays in the air when shooting.

High post: around the free throw arc.

Hook shot: A hook shot, sometimes directly expressed as "hook".

Illegal defense: Illegal defense. Zone defense is illegal defense.

Injury list: Injury list. If a player is injured and cannot participate in the game, according to NBA regulations, he must be included in the injured list (the injured list is public) to show responsibility to the fans.

Jam: Dunk. one-handed jam one-handed dunk; two-handed jam two-handed dunk. Famous singers

Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan collaborated on an MTV video called "Jam".

Jersey: Athletes’ vests, also called uniforms. When some athletes who have made great contributions to the team retire, their jerseys also retire with them, and their jerseys are hung high on the ceiling of the team's home court.

, which means that other athletes can no longer use the number on this jersey in the future.

Jump ball: jump ball; fight for the ball.

Jump shot: Jump shot. Also used as jumper.

Lane: Penalty area, also called free throw lane. When basketball was first invented, the penalty area was elongated, its width was shorter than the diameter of the penalty arc, and its shape was like a key, so it was also called the key.

Layup: Layup.

Ligament: ligament. Cruciate ligament, cruciate ligament, the ligament in the knee joint, is the most vulnerable part for athletes to be injured. It is divided into anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate

ligament.

Locker room: locker room.

Lottery: The process of determining draft order. It used to be decided by tossing a coin, which was called the "lottery" because of its uncertainty.

Low post: In the three-second zone, on both sides of the basket, the part close to the baseline.

Matchup: Correspondence between various positions on offense and defense (n).

Meniscus: Meniscus. A piece of cartilage in the knee joint is also one of the places where athletes are prone to injuries. We often hear that an athlete is on the injured list due to a torn meniscus and cannot play for several months.

Move: move. This word appears very frequently in the NBA. For example, we say "great

move!" for a beautiful move; we call it "Spin move" when we turn around and get rid of it.

MVP: Most Valuable Player, the most valuable athlete.

Net: Nets. A sign to check whether the ball has entered the basket. When David Benoit of Utah dunked, the ball hit his head

and popped out of the basket. Moreover, the ball did not touch the net during the whole process, and the result was that it entered the basket. The ball

was disallowed.

No-charge area: Attack the reasonable area. According to last year's new rules, draw a semicircle (dashed line) on each of the two baskets with the center of the basket as the center and a radius of 4 feet. This area is called the offensive zone. /p>

In the offensive zone, there are only collisions with the ball and no blocking fouls (note: except for O'Neal's amendment).

Offense: Offense. The adjective form is offensive (abbreviation: off.), which can modify other nouns. For example,

offensive rebound is offensive rebound (offensive rebound).

Outlet pass: The first pass after grabbing the basketball board, usually a long pass from across the court.

Overtime: Overtime, time is 5 minutes.

Palming: What we often call "turning the wrist" is an illegal dribbling action, also known as Carrying the ball.

Pass: pass the ball.

Personal foul: Personal foul.

Pick-and-roll: Pick-and-roll tactics. One of the basic offensive tactics in basketball, the offensive player sets a screen for the teammate holding the ball

In English, it is called "set a pick", and then the screening player moves toward the basket and is called "roll", and then picks up

A pass from a teammate and an unguarded shot. Pick n' Roll is Malone and Stockton's specialty.

Strategies derived from pick include pick-and-fade, pick-and-split

etc.

Pick: Cover.

Pivot: a: The action of turning the body to change direction with one foot as the pivot foot (n). b: Basket, an area usually controlled by the center.

Playoff: rematch; playoffs, that is, the knockout rounds for the top eight teams in each league after the regular season.

Point guard: Point guard, also used as point guard.

size=3gt; position. Athletes in the NBA are divided into three positions - forward, center, and guard.

Power forward: Power forward, often called the "second center" in our country. The two are slightly different. The "two centers" are based on the position of the center and are derived from the "double center" tactic, which we learned from the big brother of the Soviet Union. ; Power forward or forward, they are the rebounding experts and defensive backbone of the team.

Press: Press (defense). full-court press, full-court press; half-court press, half-court press.

Pump fake: A fake shot.

Quadruple-double: Quadruple-double. That is, four technical statistical indicators exceed double digits.

Quarter: Section. An NBA game is divided into four quarters, each quarter is 12 minutes. The first two sections are called first-half, and the last two sections are called

second-half.

Rebound: rebound (abbreviation: Reb.).

Refree: Referee.

Rejection: Block shot.

Reverse: Reflexive (a). For example, a reverse dunk after cutting from the baseline is a reverse dunk.

Rookie: Rookie, an athlete who plays in the NBA for the first year.

Run: Continuous scoring. During the game, the screen will often read a certain team's 12-0 run in last 4 minutes, which means that this team has scored 12 points in a row in the past 4 minutes and played a 12-game series. 0 small climax.

Salary Cap: Salary cap.

Score: Score. Scorer scorer.

Screen: screen, same as pick.

Season: Season.

Shot clock: 24 seconds timer.

Sideline: Sideline.

Sixth man: The sixth man, the first player to come off the bench.

Slam dunk: Slam dunk, especially refers to a heavy dunk with both hands holding the ball high and jumping up with all your strength:), it can also be a one-handed dunk.

Here slam means a bang, emphasizing the sound made when dunking. Also known as Dunk.

Squad: A group of five, an informal term for a basketball team.

Starting-lineup: opening lineup.

Steal: steal the ball; steal the ball (abbreviation: Stl.).

Strong side: strong side. The side with the ball is the strong side. (For specific definitions of the strong side and the weak side, please see the "United Defense FAQ")

Substitutes: Substitutes.

Suspend: Temporarily suspend an athlete from playing; suspended.

Switch: switch (defense).

Team: flanking attack. (Note: It does not have to be a double attack, it can be a multi-person attack)

Technical foul: Technical foul.

Three-point shot: three-point shot.

Three-pointer: three-pointer.

Three-second violation: Three-second violation.

Tie: draw; tie.

Timeout: Pause. There are short pauses of 20 seconds (20-second timeout) and long pauses of 100 seconds (regular timeout) in the NBA.

Tip-in: Tip-in.

Transition: The process of switching from offense to defense.

Traveling: A walking violation, also called Walking.

Triple-double: Triple-double, that is, three technical statistical indicators exceed double digits.

Turnover: mistake, (abbreviation: To.).

There is a special statistic in the NBA called assist/turnover, which is based on the ratio of a player's assists to his turnovers. This statistic can accurately reflect a point guard

Is it competent?

Uniform: Uniform. The uniform of a basketball player is of course a vest and shorts, and uniform sometimes refers to a vest.

Veteran: Old athlete. The NBA attaches great importance to veterans, and every team regards their veterans as a fortune.

The probability of the word veteran appearing in the NBA is very high.

Weak side: weak side. The side without the ball is the weak side. (For specific definitions of strong side and weak side, please see the "Zone Defense FAQ")

Wide open: open (n), undefended. In most cases, the purpose of tactical coordination is to create a wide

open for teammates so that they can take action calmly.

Zone: zone defense; regional defense. Also known as Zone defense.