hook shot
noun
: a shot in basketball made usually while standing sideways to the basket by swinging the ball up in an arc with the far hand
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The Kings got within three on a hook shot by Drew Eubanks, but Antetokounmpo and Porter came up with a series of big baskets as the Bucks staged a 18-3 run to push the lead back to 18.
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Oldacre nails a hook shot and hits a layup while being triple teamed as Texas slows down its offense.
—Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025
During the 2022 game in Denver, Mahomes tossed a no-look mini hook shot pass to running back Jerick McKinnon, who took it to the house for a 56-yard touchdown.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
That started with the volleyball spike of a 7-foot-1 player’s hook shot and continued to the tallest player in the league calmly breaking into a left-handed push dribble, coming under control and then hitting a complex six-dribble sequence and stepback 3-pointer plus the foul.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Oldacre nails a hook shot and hits a layup while being triple teamed as Texas slows down its offense.
—Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025
During the 2022 game in Denver, Mahomes tossed a no-look mini hook shot pass to running back Jerick McKinnon, who took it to the house for a 56-yard touchdown.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
That started with the volleyball spike of a 7-foot-1 player’s hook shot and continued to the tallest player in the league calmly breaking into a left-handed push dribble, coming under control and then hitting a complex six-dribble sequence and stepback 3-pointer plus the foul.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Hook shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hook%20shot. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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