What are the terms used in explaining basketball games in English?

English Basketball Terms

This is the second edition of the "NBA Vocabulary List". It adds some words to the original and adds some explanations to the first edition. The error has been corrected. But there are still many words that cannot find a completely corresponding Chinese explanation, so they can only describe their meaning. If it's not accurate, I hope you can include it more. If any expert knows its Chinese meaning, I hope you can give me some advice.

Achilles tendon: Achilles tendon

Air ball: "Three non-touches", the ball thrown does not touch anything. According to the explanation given by Merriam Webster, it is a miss shot in basketball that fails to touch the rim and backboard, so the literal translation should be "neither touch nor touch".

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

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

Assist: assist (abbreviation: Ast.)

Backboard: rebound. Note: not basketboard.

Backcourt: Backcourt. A team's own half is the backcourt, which is the half of the field that the team must defend.

Backdoor play: one of the basic tactics of basketball. When one player receives the ball around the free throw arc, another player immediately inserts into the basket from the weak side to receive a pass from his teammate and score a shot.

Bank shot: to wipe the ball and hit it into the basket

Baseline: the bottom line, the boundary line at both ends of the court

Basket: the 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.)

Blocking: Blocking foul. Note: The ing form of the verb is used here, specifically referring to the foul action.

Blooper: (American slang) making a fool of yourself. The NBA is particularly good at capturing this kind of tidbits inside and outside the game, and every season will release the "top ten" shots of making a fool of itself.

Board: rebound. ESPN announcers love to use this word when calling game results.

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

Bounce pass: hit the ground pass

Box out: grab a rebound to block people, that is, when grabbing a rebound, stand between the opponent and the basket and use your body to block the defensive player's action .

Brick: (v) The ball hits the basket or backboard and is knocked out. Many Bulls fans held a sign with "Brick" written on it and kept shaking it in front of the free throw player's eyes when the visiting team was taking free throws, disrupting his line of sight and thus interfering with the free throws.

Bury: To score (a ball), often used in the phrase bury a jumper

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

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

Charging: A charging foul, which is a foul where an offensive player charges into a defensive player who is in a reasonable defensive position and is not moving.

Cheer squad: cheerleading team, also called hurra team

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.

Cornrow: A popular hairstyle in the NBA today is to tie your hair into a row of braids. People like Iverson and Sprewell have this hairstyle. This word is very vivid and appropriate.

Court: Stadium; playing field. home court.

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

Cut: Cut in

Debut: Play for the first time

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

Deny the ball: Defending around the front

Disqualification: Being sent off (abbreviation: DQ.), also called foul out.

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 dribble: two dribbles

Double-team: double team

Double dribble: two dribbles

Downtown: The area beyond the three-point line

Draft: the draft, the NBA’s annual recruiting conference

Dribble: (vt, n) dribbling

Duo: The original meaning is a duet, which specifically refers to a duo in basketball, such as Karl Malone and John Stockton.

Explosiveness: Explosiveness

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

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

Fast break: fast break; quick breakthrough

Finals: finals. Semifinals semifinals.

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

Finger roll: The movement of fingering the ball during an underhand layup

Flagrant foul: An unnecessary or excessive foul, flagrant 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, if the player has committed nearly 6 fouls, he will be sent off if he commits one or two more fouls. .

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, which is the half of the field where your team's players attack.

GB: The abbreviation of Games Behind, the number of games behind. There is no such thing as points in the NBA. The gap between teams is generally expressed in games behind.

Give-and-go: One of the basic tactical coordination, the offensive player passes the ball to another teammate - give, then cuts to the basket, and then receives the teammate's return pass for a layup (or dunk) Score--go. This is what we often call "pass-and-cut cooperation."

Go: It’s similar to what our fans say, “Go!” In the finals between the Bulls and the Lakers, a Bulls fan shouted "Go Bulls! Take it home!" while watching the game away from home, which translated into Chinese was "Go Bulls! Take it home!" ) Take it home! ”

Goaltending: Jamming the ball. When the thrown ball starts to fall from the highest point (before reaching the basket), the defensive player can no longer touch the ball, otherwise the defensive team will be judged to have interfered with the ball and the offensive team will score. This rule was introduced to the NBA in 1944 to limit giant centers like George Mikan from being too "overbearing" at the basket.

Green room: During the draft, the rookie gathered with his family and friends in the green room. When he heard NBA Commissioner David Stern read his name, the rookie came to the front desk, which also means He has been selected by an NBA team and is about to start his career.

Gunner: A pitcher who often shoots

Hand-checking: a: A defensive technique in which the opponent's body is contacted with the hands to track the opponent's position. Also called hand-check. b: A type of defensive foul. The defensive player blocks the offensive player's movement with his hands. Defenders cannot use their arms to block the movement of offensive players. Legal hand-checking techniques only allow hands to contact the opponent's body to track the opponent's position, but the hands are not allowed to use force to impede the opponent's movement.

Hands off: Hand-to-hand passing

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

High post: around the free throw arc, Hong Kong commentators translated it as "high post"

Holding: pulling foul

Hook shot: hook shot , sometimes also expressed directly as "hook". What's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's nickname - "sky-hook"?

Hustle: Used to describe athletes who play very hard and are very aggressive. I once watched a short film introducing Dikembe Mutombo, and his first words were "Welcome to hustle Mutombo...". In the NBA, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks are used to describe an athlete's aggressiveness. The title of this data table is also called hustle.

Illegal defense: Illegal defense. In the NBA, 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) (abbreviated IL).

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 jersey also retires with them. His jersey is hung high on the ceiling of the team's home court. In the future, other athletes can no longer use the number on this jersey.

Jump ball: jump ball; scrimmage

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 it was shaped 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. There are anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament.

Locker room: locker room

Logo: logo. The NBA's logo is a dribbling athlete. It is said that it was designed in the image of Jerry West. The NBA has been using it since the 1960s. Use this flag. team logo, team logo.

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

Low post: In the three-second zone, the part on both sides of the basket and close to the baseline. Hong Kong commentators translated it as "low post".

Mascot: mascot. Many teams in the NBA have their own mascots, and some have more than one. The more famous ones include Phoenix's Gorilla, Houston's Turbo, etc. There is a rule in the NBA that the identity of the mascot actor is not allowed in order to maintain a sense of mystery. If any reporter accidentally sees the actor, they are not allowed to take pictures or videos. When they need to be interviewed, the actor is often sitting there holding the mascot's helmet, with other costumes unchanged, turning off most of the lighting, and only shining a beam of light from behind, so that the audience can only see an outline.

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

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, if you make a beautiful move, we say "Great move!"; if you turn around later, we call it "Spin move".

MVP: Most Valuable Player, the most valuable athlete

NBA: Abbreviation of National Basketball Association

Net: Nets. To test whether the ball has entered the basket, when David Benoit of Utah dunked, the ball hit his head and bounced out of the basket. The ball did not touch the net during the entire process, and the goal was disallowed.

No-charge area: Attack the reasonable area. According to the new rules of 1997, draw a semicircle (dashed line) with the center of the basket as the center and a radius of 4 feet under each of the two baskets. This area is called the offensive rational zone. In the offensive rational zone, there are only obstructions. Foul without hitting someone with the ball (Note: O'Neal amendment excluded).

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

Open shot: (n) An unattended shot

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

Out-of-bounds: out of bounds

Over the limit: Literally translated, it means exceeding the foul limit, which means that if any team fouls more than Four free throws will be awarded, regardless of whether the offensive player takes a shooting action, and every subsequent foul they commit will result in a free throw.

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

Penetration: Penetration. Unlike cut, penetration does not necessarily have to cut in. For example, on the last ball of the 1997 Finals, Jordan dribbled toward the basket but did not cut directly in. Everyone saw what happened next. The announcer at the time said this: "...penetration by Michael Jordan, double team on Jordan, Kerr open, Kerr knock it down...".

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, which is called "set a pick" in English. Then the screener moves towards the basket, which is called "roll", and then receives the pass from the teammate. When no one is guarding, Shooting in situations. 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: The area under the basket 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

Position: 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 center" is based on the position of the center and comes from the "dual center" tactic, which we learned from the big brother of the Soviet Union. The power forward is still a forward in theory, and they are the team's rebounders. A go-getter and defensive stalwart.

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

Pump fake: A fake shot

Pushing: A pushing foul

Quadruple-double: A quadruple-double. That is, four technical statistical indicators exceed double digits. It is very rare that it has only appeared four times in history, created by David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Nate Thurmond and Alvin Robertson.

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

Rim: Basket

Rookie: Rookie, an athlete who plays in the NBA for the first year. Therefore, the first season for newcomers is also called rookie season.

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 has a 12-0 victory. **.

Salary Cap: Salary Cap

Score: Score. Scorer scorer.

Scout: Scout. Marty Blake is the Director of Scouting Services of the NBA. This highly respected person has made a great contribution to the NBA. Without his efforts, we might not have seen basketball stars such as Pippen, Majerle, Dumars, and Porter who came out of bad schools.

Screen: screen, same as pick

Season: season

Shot clock: 24-second timer

Sideline: sideline

Sixth man: The sixth man, the first player to come off the bench, and an important substitute player in the team.

Slam dunk: a heavy dunk, especially refers to a hard dunk with the ball held in both hands and jumping high with all the strength:), it can also be a one-handed dunk, where slam means a bang. Emphasis on the sound a dunk makes. Also known as Dunk.

Sneaker: Sneakers, specifically those with canvas rubber soles

Squad: Five-man team, an informal term for a basketball team.

Starting-lineup: opening lineup, starting main force

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 strong side and weak side, please see the "Zone Defense FAQ")

Substitutes: Substitutes

Suspend: Temporarily suspending players from playing; suspension

Swat: Blocking shots

Swingman: An athlete who can play two different positions, especially those who can play both shooting guard and small forward, such as Eddie Jones of Hornets, Nick Anderson of Kings, etc. Note: Don't mistake swingman for an athlete's nickname.

Switch: Switch (defense)

Tattoo: Tattoo. According to a 1997 Associated Press survey, 35.1 percent of NBA players have tattoos. Nowadays, tattoos have become as fashionable in the NBA as cornrows. Some tattoos have become the trademarks of athletes, such as O'Neal's Superman "S" and Stoudamire's Mighty Mouse.

Team: double attack (note: it does not have to be a double attack, it can be multiple persons)

Technical foul: technical foul. Like timeout, technical foul also starts with "T", which is why the referee uses both hands to form a capital "T" when awarding a technical foul. But the difference is that when requesting a timeout, the coach or player makes this gesture; but when a technical foul is awarded, the referee makes this gesture. See timeout

Three-point shot: three-point shot

Three-pointer: three-pointer

Three-point play: shoot a two-pointer and Causing the opponent to foul. Note: This word is different from three-point shot and three-pointer.

Three-second violation: Three-second violation, also called 3 second rule infraction.

Tie: draw; draw

Timeout: pause. There are 20-second timeouts and 100-second regular timeouts in the NBA. Because timeout begins with a "T", coaches and players use their hands to form a "T" when requesting a timeout.

Tip-in: Tip-in

Tip-off: Jump ball to kick off the ball. Pay attention to the difference between tip-off and jump ball. Jump ball simply refers to jumping ball and fighting for the ball, while tip-off is only used to kick off the ball with a jump ball at the beginning of the game. Kick-off can be used to help understand here. Kick-off is the kick-off method of American football, and tip-off is the kick-off method of basketball. They all describe this action very vividly.

Transition: the process of switching from offense to defense

Trash talk: "nonsense", dirty words, and trash talk used to tease each other between players. This word is not difficult to understand, just take it literally.

Traveling: Walking violation, also called Walking

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

Turnover: mistake, (abbreviation: To.). This is easier to understand. The turnover has been transferred back. Why is it transferred back? It's because the offensive player made a mistake and the ball went out of the opponent's hands. There is a special statistic in the NBA called assist/turnover, which compares a player's assists to his turnovers. This statistic can accurately reflect whether a point guard is competent at his job.

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

Versatile: versatile, used in the NBA to describe athletes with comprehensive skills

Veteran: veteran athletes. The NBA attaches great importance to veterans. Every team regards their veterans as a fortune. The probability of the word veteran appearing in the NBA is very high.

Vs: The abbreviation of verses, for..., such as Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets.

Warmup: Warm up. NBA athletes pay special attention to warm-up exercises. To reduce injuries, warm-up exercises are particularly important. Some even ask team doctors and trainers to help warm-up exercises. However, I found that the fans around me did not pay attention to warm-up exercises.

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: (n) Open and undefended. In most cases, the purpose of tactical coordination is to create a wide open for teammates so that they can take shots calmly.

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