pick-and-roll
noun
: a basketball play in which a player sets a screen and then cuts toward the basket for a pass
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Giannis and Dame have been building a stronger two-man game, blending Giannis’s downhill dominance with Lillard’s pick-and-roll wizardry.
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Brian Sampson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — Having scored one point in five minutes, seeing an 11-point lead dissipate into a deficit, the Warriors went to a Steph Curry pick-and-roll on the wing with Jonathan Kuminga.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
As a uniquely skilled stretch five, the 7-foot Towns’ 3-point shooting and dominance on pick-and-rolls has unlocked one of the NBA’s highest-scoring and most-efficient teams.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
And in the game’s most precarious moment, the Lakers went to the James-Davis pick-and-roll, with James assisting Davis on a 19-foot stepback jumper to give the Lakers a 132-129 lead with 40 seconds left in OT.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
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Brian Sampson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — Having scored one point in five minutes, seeing an 11-point lead dissipate into a deficit, the Warriors went to a Steph Curry pick-and-roll on the wing with Jonathan Kuminga.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
As a uniquely skilled stretch five, the 7-foot Towns’ 3-point shooting and dominance on pick-and-rolls has unlocked one of the NBA’s highest-scoring and most-efficient teams.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
And in the game’s most precarious moment, the Lakers went to the James-Davis pick-and-roll, with James assisting Davis on a 19-foot stepback jumper to give the Lakers a 132-129 lead with 40 seconds left in OT.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Pick-and-roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-and-roll. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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