inbounds pass

noun

basketball

: a pass to start play from a player who is standing out of bounds to a player who is on the court

Examples of inbounds pass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the ensuing inbounds pass, the Heat then fouled Pacers center Myles Turner to preserve the game clock. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024

Fans had already moved down to the court area as Mark Mitchell heaved a long inbounds pass that was intercepted by Cam Hildreth near midcourt. —CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024

Adam Nakai, who had 21 points, answered with a three to cut the deficit to 70-67 with just over a minute to play and the next deep Los Gatos inbounds pass was intercepted by Santa Teresa. —Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024

Chris Paul fouled Siakam on a drive, Klay Thompson threw away an inbounds pass and Paul air-mailed a corner 3. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024

Boyce received the inbounds pass, drove toward the basket and put up an off-balance shot under intensive defensive pressure with four seconds left. —Joseph D’hippolito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024

His team trailing Oregon by two points Thursday inside T-Mobile Arena, Andrews took an inbounds pass deep in the backcourt. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024

Late in the third quarter, after Josh Hart went coast-to-coast for a layup, Draymond Green’s inbounds pass hit an unsuspecting Trayce Jackson-Davis in the back of the head for a turnover. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024

After Josiah Brown scored with seven seconds left to give the Red Storm the lead, Davis stole the inbounds pass and beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer in the left corner. —Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024