inbounds pass

noun

basketball

: a pass to start play from a player who is standing out of bounds to a player who is on the court

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Andrews took an inbounds pass in one corner of the backcourt and immediately had the ball slapped out of his hands and off his leg out of bounds. —

Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024 Payton leaked out for a pair of buckets then Hield sank his third triple of the game on a sneaky inbounds pass up the court off a dead ball. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 After teammate Eric Dailey Jr. tipped away Oregon’s full-court inbounds pass, the Bruins could celebrate an epic 73-71 triumph that gave the No. 12 Ducks their first loss of the season. —

Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024 The Heat then lost Hornets forward Cody Martin off a sideline inbounds pass, with Martin sent to the line with 4.8 seconds remaining and Charlotte down two. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inbounds pass