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
Examples of bank shot in a Sentence
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Bremer’s bank shot with 1:17 left gave Minnesota State a one-point lead.
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Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
McClatchy, meanwhile, made just one 3-point basket — and that one came on a prayer bank shot when the game was out of reach in overtime.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Jeremy Lin bank shot Palo Alto played Santa Ana Mater Dei in the 2006 Division II champinship game at Arco Arena.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Boston ran away and hid from the Warriors in the first quarter, going on a 23-1 run over the last six-plus minutes for a 44-22 lead in a game that was actually tied 21-21 with 6:05 left in the quarter after a Curry bank shot.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Knox made a bank shot for the first field goal after Etiwanda missed five shots.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
His bank shot at the buzzer during that freshman season helped MU stun Notre Dame, then ranked No. 5 in the country.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
Rohan Pearson, Avon: The junior guard scored on a running bank shot in the final seconds of the third overtime in a 57-56 win over Brownsburg in the first round of the Hendricks County tournament.
—The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
And Jeon is just fine with the bank shot remaining unconventional.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
McClatchy, meanwhile, made just one 3-point basket — and that one came on a prayer bank shot when the game was out of reach in overtime.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Jeremy Lin bank shot Palo Alto played Santa Ana Mater Dei in the 2006 Division II champinship game at Arco Arena.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Boston ran away and hid from the Warriors in the first quarter, going on a 23-1 run over the last six-plus minutes for a 44-22 lead in a game that was actually tied 21-21 with 6:05 left in the quarter after a Curry bank shot.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Knox made a bank shot for the first field goal after Etiwanda missed five shots.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
His bank shot at the buzzer during that freshman season helped MU stun Notre Dame, then ranked No. 5 in the country.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
Rohan Pearson, Avon: The junior guard scored on a running bank shot in the final seconds of the third overtime in a 57-56 win over Brownsburg in the first round of the Hendricks County tournament.
—The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
And Jeon is just fine with the bank shot remaining unconventional.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Bank shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bank%20shot. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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