: a goal (as in basketball or hockey) made by deflecting a shot into the basket or net from very close range
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Tatum ignited that surge with a 3-pointer – part of a 20-point first half for the Celtics star – and Kristaps Porzingis helped maintain it with two offensive rebounds, a putback tip-in and a steal under Boston’s basket.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
In the Knicks’ 116-113 win over the Detroit Pistons in last round’s series-clinching Game 6, Bridges scored 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting, including the game-tying tip-in with 35.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
That’s when New York began to claw back, eventually tying the score at 113 on a Mikal Bridges putback tip-in with 35.6 seconds to go.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Celtics gathered the rebound and called timeout, but their bid for a last-gasp tip-in with 0.3 seconds remaining was unsuccessful.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
In the Knicks’ 116-113 win over the Detroit Pistons in last round’s series-clinching Game 6, Bridges scored 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting, including the game-tying tip-in with 35.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
That’s when New York began to claw back, eventually tying the score at 113 on a Mikal Bridges putback tip-in with 35.6 seconds to go.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Celtics gathered the rebound and called timeout, but their bid for a last-gasp tip-in with 0.3 seconds remaining was unsuccessful.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Tip-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tip-in. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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