bank shot
noun
1
: a shot in billiards and pool in which a player banks the cue ball or the object ball
2
: a shot in basketball played to rebound from the backboard into the basket
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Those included a high-arcing, heat-check bank shot from White, whose nine 3-point makes tied his career high.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Steinbach, who missed the previous three games with an ankle injury, tallied the first six on two layups and a bank shot in the lane, followed by Diallo’s fast-break layup off a UCLA turnover.
—Daily News, 4 Dec. 2025
In fact, after leading by four, the Aztecs still needed a bank shot by Reese Dixon-Waters (16 points) in the closing seconds to force another OT.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2025
In the third, Golden State used another 11-0 run capped off by a fading three-point bank shot by Veronica Burton to give the Valkyries a 10-point lead.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 29 July 2025
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Steinbach, who missed the previous three games with an ankle injury, tallied the first six on two layups and a bank shot in the lane, followed by Diallo’s fast-break layup off a UCLA turnover.
—Daily News, 4 Dec. 2025
In fact, after leading by four, the Aztecs still needed a bank shot by Reese Dixon-Waters (16 points) in the closing seconds to force another OT.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2025
In the third, Golden State used another 11-0 run capped off by a fading three-point bank shot by Veronica Burton to give the Valkyries a 10-point lead.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 29 July 2025
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“Bank shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bank%20shot. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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