How to Use alley-oop in a Sentence
alley-oop
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The Kings went up by 20 when Monk threw a lob to Keon Ellis for an alley-oop dunk.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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Kai Jones put him on a poster on an alley-oop dunk in a highlight play.
—Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
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But a Hachimura alley-oop and a pair of Reaves’ free throws helped the Lakers stay ahead for the remainder of the game.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
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An Okla alley-oop slam was the dagger and Pettway and the North fans erupted as time ran down.
—Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
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Two alley-oops, one a no-look to Khaman Maluach, the other to Kon Knueppel.
—Eddie Pells, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
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And when Green tried to creep over to double team him, Davis found Jaxson Hayes for an alley-oop.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Okpara’s alley-oop and two free throws by Jordan Gainey cut UF’s lead to six.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
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Then Rosero and Memo Rodriguez teamed up for what felt like an alley-oop off a corner kick.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
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His first points came on an alley-oop dunk off a lob pass from Wembanyama.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
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And even then, that was an alley-oop score of a transition pass from Tyler Herro.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Cardinals threw down an alley-oop's worth of it Wednesday.
—The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024
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At times, its post players were flying, catching alley-oops that brought the house down.
—Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
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In his first two minutes as a Warrior, Butler jammed an alley-oop and muscled his way to the line for a pair of foul shots.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
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The audience doesn’t just hand you an alley-oop slam dunk every time.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
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First came a lob for an alley-oop to start the scoring, with Hall flushing it in his first start since Nov. 18 against Villanova.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
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To open the second quarter, Canadian Michael Nwoko put down a two-handed alley-oop dunk to cheers from the crowd.
—Nikstreng, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
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Six seconds in, Carter gave Missouri its first points with an alley-oop dunk off a pass from Nick Honor.
—Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2024
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Oso Ighodaro followed that by throwing down an alley-oop dunk for a 53-49 lead.
—Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2024
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Fears has been good all year, as evidenced as the timing on this alley-oop pass against Kansas.
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Wagner twice connected with Wendell Carter Jr. for a pair of alley-oops in the first half.
—Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025
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Paul and Trayce Jackson-Davis continued to show chemistry in the pick-and-roll, with the point guard connecting with the rookie on a pair of alley-oops.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
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James capped the scoring streak with a no-look, alley-oop pass to Jayson Tatum on an out-of-bounds play, zipping the ball toward the rim where the Boston Celtics star slammed it with two hands.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
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But the 7-footer threw down alley-oop dunks, rolled hard to the rim and showed off impressive footwork in the post in Sunday’s victory.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 July 2024
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The high-flyer even flew in to finish an alley-oop dunk after Diarra set him up off the backboard.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025
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Fox opened the fourth quarter with another 3 and then threw down an alley-oop dunk from Malik Monk off a steal from Ellis.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2024
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In the game’s closing moments, the Lions chose to send a message, with emphatic highlight-reel blocks and an alley-oop.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025
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For his next attempt, Stephon Castle nabbed a solid hammer slam off an alley-oop look.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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That one resulted in an alley-oop from Jokic to his future Hall-of-Fame teammate.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
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Barabanov tucked his 12th goal of the season after Andreas Johnsson gave him an alley-oop pass.
—Max Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
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Unable to corral an errant Jovic alley-oop, Adebayo fell hard to the floor midway through the second quarter, but walked off and returned to the game.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2025
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