fast break
noun
: a quick offensive drive toward a goal (as in basketball) in an attempt to score before the opponent's defense is set up
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Forsberg set up New York’s first goal in the 30th minute on a fast break, feeding a long diagonal pass to Wikelman Carmona, whose shot banged off the left post and then Dante Vanzeir scored on the rebound.
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
At times on Sunday, her Iowa teammates couldn’t seem to handle some of her needle-threads on fast breaks.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
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Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
At times on Sunday, her Iowa teammates couldn’t seem to handle some of her needle-threads on fast breaks.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Fast break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast%20break. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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