set shot

American  

noun

Basketball.

1. a shot with two hands from a point relatively distant from the basket, in which a player stands still and shoots the ball usually from chest level.

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Etymology

Origin of set shot

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

He’s also credited as one of the first players to utilize a jump shot when a set shot ruled the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Streamers and rollouts — banners that poked fun at the opposing team — have gone the way of the set shot.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021

He also is the unofficial leading scorer in Palestra history after converting countless buckets with his set shot during the weekly media lunchtime pickup game he organized and ran for many years.

From Fox News • Nov. 28, 2021

The only shot Mr. Garfinkel could make on a basketball court was an antiquated two-handed set shot, which was obsolete in the 1940s.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2016

“The first game I played for St. Mike’s in high school, the other team had this kid named Rosie Roselle who was eatin’ the league up with a two-hand set shot.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy