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A layup by Trey Burke for the Michigan Wolverines in the 2012–13 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season opener on January 3 against Northwestern A layup in basketball is a two-point shot attempt made by leaping from below, laying the ball up [ clarification needed ] near the basket, and using one hand to bounce it off the backboard and ...
USC had gotten to within 63-60 with five minutes to play, but O’Grady and Olsen answered with three consecutive field goals to put the Hawkeyes in command. Olsen later converted on a 3-point play — O’Grady had the assist on her layup — and Iowa had a 72-62 lead. Key stat. USC missed 20 of its first 22 shots.
The finger roll is a specialized type of basketball layup shot where the ball is rolled off the tips of the player's fingers. The advantage of the finger roll is that the ball can travel high in the air over a defender that might otherwise block a regular jump shot or dunk, while the spin applied by the rolling over the fingers will carry the ball to the basket off the backboard.
Power layup, also called jump stop layup, is a continuous shooting move in which a player stops dribbling and makes a huge leap forward (jump stop), while securing the ball in both hands from the dribbling hand, then making a layup. The move is generally used as a layup because the huge movement coming from the leap provides the momentum for ...
On the fourth anniversary of Kobe Bryant's death, Yahoo Sports NBA compiled this collection of our work covering the Los Angeles Lakers legend in the years before and after the tragic helicopter ...
James’ layup with 8 seconds left was the go-ahead basket Saturday, and the U.S. Olympic team that'll soon head to the Paris Games escaped with a 101-100 win over South Sudan in London, rallying ...
The Gamecocks led 2-0 to start the game after a Hall layup, then not again until 5:58 in the fourth quarter 63-61. They trailed by as many as 11. Hall sank two clutch 3-pointers in the final minutes.
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