three-point play

noun

Basketball.

1. a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.

Example Sentences

They left him in the game and he immediately attacked with three consecutive drives to the basket — one turning into a three-point play — resulting in an early 12-point lead for the Clippers.

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LeBron James cleaned the glass and Austin Reaves crashed into the paint and put Memphis away with a three-point play, stamping it with an animated air punch.

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Then came a Bryce Cofield basket, a three-point play by Adams, plus two more free throws from Adams.

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The three-point play to end the first half let the nearly sold-out Pauley Pavilion crowd breathe as the Bruins hustled into the locker room up by 12 points.

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There was a Malia Samuels driving layup in which she was fouled, leading to a three-point play.

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