pick-and-roll
noun
: a basketball play in which a player sets a screen and then cuts toward the basket for a pass
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After using the most pick-and-rolls among Heat players last season, Herro returns to a Heat offense that’s running the fewest pick-and-rolls in the league this season.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The most common way for an offense to force such a situation is the pick-and-roll, which almost always means having its best scorer call for a screen, causing the defense to make a series of rapid-fire decisions from a leveraged position.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
His ability to play pick-and-roll.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Nov. 2025
Veesaar is terrific in the pick-and-roll.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The most common way for an offense to force such a situation is the pick-and-roll, which almost always means having its best scorer call for a screen, causing the defense to make a series of rapid-fire decisions from a leveraged position.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
His ability to play pick-and-roll.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Nov. 2025
Veesaar is terrific in the pick-and-roll.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pick-and-roll
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“Pick-and-roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-and-roll. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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