How to Use backboard in a Sentence

backboard

noun

• Selden put up a no-look shot and the ball hit high on the backboard and went through.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 29 Mar. 2018
• Bothered by the big man’s defense, the ball clanged off the backboard.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2018
• The ball rotated through the air, as the horn went off and the outline of the backboard turned bright red.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2018
• The ball clanked off the backboard and rim, and Trey Kell pulled his jersey over his face.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• One of our scouts trailed him for four games last year and, in several of them, his head was above the backboards on rebounds.
  — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• But he was trapped by defenders, forcing him to clank a 3-pointer off the side of the backboard.
  — William Guillory, NOLA.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Grayson Allen's potential game winner touched the backboard and every part of the rim.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 26 Mar. 2018
• The Wood brothers built two backboards with baskets to put up in their barn to simulate a full-court game.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2018
• But his almost game winner as regulation expired bounced off the backboard, rolled around the rim and out.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 26 Mar. 2018
• House pulled a nifty up-and-under move on Nick Young, threw the basketball off the backboard to himself and slammed home one of the most impressive dunks of the season.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2018
• Finally, Kevin and his teammates were able to pull Simpson’s soggy two hundred pounds out of the water and onto a floating backboard.
  — Longreads, 7 Mar. 2018
• Rescue workers arrived with patient backboards, and the two unconscious people were taken to a hospital, Mendez said.
  — Rosa Flores, CNN, 16 Mar. 2018
• Rebounding is a problem: Florida is routinely beaten on the backboard.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2018
• Antetokounmpo's challenge clearly affected the high-arcing shot, which bricked off the backboard.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2018
• After Loyola almost lost the ball on an out-of-bounds call confirmed on replay, Custer dribbled to his right, pulled up and let go a short jumper that hit the front of the rim, bounced off the backboard and went in.
  — CBS News, 18 Mar. 2018
• Saturday, Custer watched on the floor from his back as the game-winner hit the rim, hit the backboard and fell through the net to lift the Ramblers over No. 3 seed Tennessee.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• This time, the ball hit the side of the rim and backboard.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2020
• The ball careened off the backboard just to the left of the square.
  — Kareem Copeland, Washington Post, 20 July 2024
• The ball bumped against the backboard, then dropped straight through the net.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
• The ball caromed off the backboard and through the net.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2021
• The ball hit the backboard first and then James touched it.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2018
• The ball had been batted out of bounds and over the top of the backboard.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2022
• The Wolverines' full-court heave at the buzzer went over the backboard.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
• Clouden followed with a floater off the backboard to push the lead to nine.
  — Eli McKown, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2022
• And the shot careened off the top near corner of the backboard.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• The red light lit the backboard’s perimeter while the ball was still in Smart’s hand.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023
• The ball hit the rim and the backboard before going through the net for a 77-69 UAA lead.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2019
• The lights on the backboard turned red as the buzzer sounded, then his shot fell.
  — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2023
• As Adam points out, the shot clocks above the backboard are back for the second half.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
• Tatum, for his part, got the ball early, and turned it over; his first shot of the game hit the side of the backboard.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024