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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However, the Pistons averaged 18.5 fast break points in their first two games of this series.
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Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
And the kind of two-on-one fast break with Austin Reaves and LeBron James that usually would be an alley-oop became an alley-oops when Reaves threw the ball too high and James missed the layup.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Robinson backed to the paint, taking away a layup on a Celtics fast break.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 17 May 2025
They’ve been outscored 156-114 in the paint and 67-36 on fast breaks.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
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Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
And the kind of two-on-one fast break with Austin Reaves and LeBron James that usually would be an alley-oop became an alley-oops when Reaves threw the ball too high and James missed the layup.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Robinson backed to the paint, taking away a layup on a Celtics fast break.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 17 May 2025
They’ve been outscored 156-114 in the paint and 67-36 on fast breaks.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
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“Fast break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast%20break. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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