How to Use backboard in a Sentence

backboard

noun

• Then Costley flips it over his head and off the backboard for a few easy lay-ups.
  — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 July 2019
• In the dunk section, the rims and backboards can be lowered to increase the odds of a slam.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• Conley was placed on a backboard and gave a thumbs-up before being driven off the field on a cart.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Farm boys, most of them. Honed their games on yard dirt, shooting on homemade backboards nailed to trees.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2019
• As his teammates and fans at camp watched somberly, Thomas was put on a backboard and carted away.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• He was strapped to a backboard and transported to a local hospital.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2019
• Trainers strapped Conley to a backboard before driving him off the field.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Instead, Aldridge ended up wedging the ball between the rim and backboard.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• He was ultimately carted off the field on a backboard and gave a hand gesture to clapping teammates and fans.
  — Glynn A. Hill, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2019
• Denver’s medical staff removed the face mask from his helmet, stabilized his neck, strapped him to a backboard and rolled him off in a cart.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
• Had trouble containing his man defensively and nearly wedged a shot between the rim at backboard just before halftime.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 9 Nov. 2019
• Collins slid over and met Carter-Williams in midair, but the Magic guard absorbed the contact, double-clutched and put the ball off the backboard.
  — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Several Broncos trainers quickly got to Bausby and he was placed on a backboard and transported off the field via cart.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2019
• Pictures from the incident showed Rooney’s teammates and emergency personnel rushing over to the player and strapping him to a backboard.
  — Fox News, 12 June 2019
• Curry himself was awful, committing four turnovers, firing two 3-point shots off the side of the backboard and having another blocked by Aron Baynes.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• This time, the ball hit the side of the rim and backboard.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2020
• 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 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
• 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
• King was charged with a turnover on a ball that hit the rim and bounced over the top of the backboard and got stuck there.
  — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
• The Bucks’ bench jumped to their feet and Nwora slapped the backboard on his way down.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
• Off the backboard, Hurley’s got it, and Duke’s done it!
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2021
• The first time, the school had a spare backboard in storage that could replace it.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
• The painting — a loan from the Durham County Council — curiously had a backboard set into the frame, and the work had been stretched over a picture frame, Old said in the statement.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 21 July 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024