shootaround

/ ˈʃuːtəˌraʊnd /

noun

1. basketball an informal match or practice session

Example Sentences

Speaking after the team’s shootaround Tuesday, the 31-year-old guard said the rash of Achilles injuries suffered by NBA stars recently — including three during the playoffs last season — made his initial diagnosis frightening, but he took a cautious approach with the Lakers staff to ensure he was ready for the season.

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Said Burries: “Before the game I was listening to a lot of gospel music. I was just in a zone. I woke up feeling great. We had our shootaround and had the chemistry, ‘We can’t lose this one tonight.’

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Christie returned to the building where he began and built his blossoming NBA career, where he worked himself from a second-round draft pick into one of the league’s top young guards, as the Mavericks held a shootaround ahead of Tuesday’s game with the Lakers.

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The idea to give Alex Timiraos, the team’s athletic communications director, a birthday shout-out had been raised at the morning shootaround.

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“Yeah, a couple of young bucks back in the day, winning an NBA championship, and obviously being able to witness his growth firsthand was really cool,” Mills said Tuesday at the Clippers’ shootaround ahead of their game against the Lakers at the Intuit Dome.

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