jump shot

How to use jump shot in a sentence

• All game long, Durant unleashed his usual array of drives to the hoops and silky pull-up jump shots.

  This Was No Team USA Men's Basketball Dream Team. But In Tokyo, It Demands Our Respect | Sean Gregory/Tokyo | August 7, 2021 | Time

• He’s in the 95th percentile on catch-and-shoot jump shots and in the 94th percentile shooting off the dribble.

  NBA Teams Love Young Lottery Picks. These 3 ‘Old’ Players Might Change Their Minds. | Santul Nerkar (santul.nerkar@abc.com) | July 28, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight

• Bill had gotten the keys to the grade-school facility at some point, and the girls would much rather practice jump shots than scores of Chopin.

  Maryland’s Brenda Frese has been coaching with a heavy heart as her dad battles cancer | Kareem Copeland | March 26, 2021 | Washington Post

• The team has stymied opposing shooters on jump shots, layups and post-ups and in isolation and transition.

  Can Tom Thibodeau Take A Defense-First Knicks Team To The Playoffs? | James L. Jackson | March 11, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight

• The jump shot is older than the pro game itself, and sharpshooters have been hitting long jumpers ever since.

  What If Kevin Garnett And Tracy McGrady Had Shot Threes Instead Of Long Twos? | Mike Prada | July 8, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight