shot clock
noun
: a clock in basketball that displays a countdown of the time within which shooting the ball is required
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Ishika Samant/Getty Images While Thibodeau leaned heavily on two-time All-NBA Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson to bail the team out with clutch buckets late in shot clocks, Brown is expected to employ a bit more variety in his offensive sets.
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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Golden State quickly responded with a shot clock-beating stepback jumper from Zandalasini and a transition 3 from Kaila Charles to rebuild the advantage to eight.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Talks over California’s cap-and-trade program, which effectively forces polluters to pay the state for excess carbon emissions, ended as the shot clock was running out Tuesday night.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Former Kansas State standout Michael Beasley, who scored a game-high 25 points in the game in Florida, passed from the free-throw line to a wide-open Chalmers in the corner with four seconds left on the shot clock.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
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Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Golden State quickly responded with a shot clock-beating stepback jumper from Zandalasini and a transition 3 from Kaila Charles to rebuild the advantage to eight.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Talks over California’s cap-and-trade program, which effectively forces polluters to pay the state for excess carbon emissions, ended as the shot clock was running out Tuesday night.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Former Kansas State standout Michael Beasley, who scored a game-high 25 points in the game in Florida, passed from the free-throw line to a wide-open Chalmers in the corner with four seconds left on the shot clock.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Shot clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shot%20clock. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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