How to write a basketball game announcement in English!

basketball play NBA Professional English Vocabulary

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 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): Backboard. Note that it is 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 cuts to the basket from the weak side, receives a pass from his teammate and shoots.

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.).

Bo hiss (n); make a hiss (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 defender.

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 waved it in front of the free throw player's eyes when the visiting team was taking free throws, disrupting his line of sight and thereby interfering with the free throws.

Buzzer beater: The last shot before the game ends. 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.

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 conferences (Eastern Conference and Western Conference), each with its own logo.

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

Court: Stadium; playing field. home court.

Crossover: Cross* dribble past others. is Tim Hardaway's trademark move.

Cut: Cut in.

Debut: first appearance.

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: 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).

Du’s original meaning is duet, which specifically refers to a duo 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

troublen) The trouble caused by a player being restricted by the number of fouls. For example, if the player has nearly 6 fouls, committing one or two more fouls will result in trouble. 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, which is the half of the field where your team's players attack.

One of the basic tactical combinations of give-and-go. The offensive player passes the ball to another teammate - give, then cuts to the basket, and then receives the pass from his teammate for a layup (or dunk) to score. --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 techniques only allow your hands to contact the opponent's body to track the opponent's position, but the hands are not allowed to apply force, nor are they 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 singer 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, which means that other athletes can no longer use this jersey in the future. Number.

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 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. 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 a "lottery" because of its uncertainty.

Low post: In the three-second zone, on both sides of the basket, the part closest 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" for turning away.

MVP: Most Valuable Player, the most valuable athlete.

Net: Nets. A sign to check whether the ball has entered the basket. David, originally from Utah,

When Benoit 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 reasonable zone. In the offensive reasonable zone, only collision with the ball can be done. There is no blocking foul (note: except O''Neal amendment).

Offense: Offense. The adjective form is offensive (abbreviation: off.), which can modify other nouns, such as 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 a 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 his teammate. The ball is shot when no one is guarding it. 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, 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.

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 centers" is based on the position of the center and comes from the "double center" tactic, which we learned from the big brother of the Soviet Union; the power forward is still a forward, and they are the rebounding experts and defenders of the team. backbone.

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 scored 12 points in a row in the past 4 minutes and played 12 games. 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: dunk, specifically refers to a dunk that uses the strength of a person holding the ball with both hands and jumping high, it can also be a one-handed dunk, here slam Indicates a bang, emphasizing the sound made during a dunk. 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 strong side and weak side, please see the "Zone 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 20-second timeouts and 100-second regular timeouts 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 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.

Veteran: Old athlete. 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.

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 shots calmly.

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