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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First came a slew of dribble handoffs to get Thomas driving off a pick-and-roll.
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Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 17 Dec. 2024
The Warriors, rather famously, aren’t a heavy pick-and-roll operation.
—Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
On the other end, Young orchestrated a relentless series of pick-and-rolls, putting Mikal Bridges, New York’s point-of-attack defender, in perpetual motion.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
Giannis and Dame have been building a stronger two-man game, blending Giannis’s downhill dominance with Lillard’s pick-and-roll wizardry.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 17 Dec. 2024
The Warriors, rather famously, aren’t a heavy pick-and-roll operation.
—Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
On the other end, Young orchestrated a relentless series of pick-and-rolls, putting Mikal Bridges, New York’s point-of-attack defender, in perpetual motion.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
Giannis and Dame have been building a stronger two-man game, blending Giannis’s downhill dominance with Lillard’s pick-and-roll wizardry.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 9 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 8 Jan. 2025.
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