pick-and-roll
noun
: a basketball play in which a player sets a screen and then cuts toward the basket for a pass
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Hope, anxiety, and riding the rollercoaster of emotions have become as much part of the Knicks experience as pick-and-rolls and three-pointers.
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Of those 14 pick-and-rolls, Hart was the screener on only one of them.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 10 June 2026
But the Atlanta product was a versatile combo guard in college who could play on or off the ball, facilitating out of pick-and-rolls, spotting up or creating his own shot against 1-on-1 defense.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
Their second basket was a Wembanyama dunk after a pick-and-roll got OG Anunoby matched up with him beneath the basket.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
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Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Of those 14 pick-and-rolls, Hart was the screener on only one of them.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 10 June 2026
But the Atlanta product was a versatile combo guard in college who could play on or off the ball, facilitating out of pick-and-rolls, spotting up or creating his own shot against 1-on-1 defense.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
Their second basket was a Wembanyama dunk after a pick-and-roll got OG Anunoby matched up with him beneath the basket.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
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“Pick-and-roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-and-roll. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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