Definition of shot clock
: a clock in basketball that displays a countdown of the time within which shooting the ball is required
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Up three with less than a minute to play, Durant milked the shot clock down under five.
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With the shot clock winding down, LeBron tossed the ball off the backboard from beyond the free-throw line and threw down the two-handed dunk just before the 24-second clock went off.
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Kevin Love was chasing Curry on the left wing, trying to keep up as the shot clock neared its end.
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The 12-second shot clock speeds the game up; there's little time to methodically work the ball around for the best shot.
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Included in that scoring output was a shot clock-beating 3-pointer in the fourth quarter.
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With the shot clock on, Reeves ran out from behind the net and fired top shelf at 12:36.
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More important than that, based on replay Horford's shot came after the shot clock expired.
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But Stevens also emphasized playing with speed in the halfcourt and said field goal attempts late in the shot clock are OK as long as decisive movement precedes them.
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First Known Use of shot clock
1973
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basketball : a clock that shows how much time a player has left to shoot the ball
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