How to Use made/scored a basket in a Sentence

made/scored a basket

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• Six or more players scored eight points or more and all but two players scored a basket in the second half.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Zach Edey just made a basket, but IU will get the ball back after the timeout.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2023
• Before Thursday’s game, Newell stood in the third row of the grandstands and made a basket.
  — Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2022
• Henderson made a basket with just over a minute left that gave the Blazers a two-possession lead.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
• With an array of short jumpers, Davis made his first six shots before anyone else on the Lakers made a basket.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• Booker checked into the game, gobbled up a few rebounds, blocked a shot and scored a basket — and after a few minutes was back on the bench.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2022
• Each scored a basket to start the half as TCU increased its lead to 48-37.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2025
• The crowd was especially encouraging to one woman, who grasped the ball with her forearms and made a basket.
  — Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
• Paul made a basket to putt the Thunder within three, House then stepped out of bounds to give the Thunder the ball back.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2020
• All but Webb scored a basket, with Okubanjo and McAndrew sinking go-ahead shots in the first half.
  — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
• Sherfield finally made a basket four minutes into the second half and finished with 25 points.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
• Lyon scored a basket with three seconds left, but CovCath let the time expire without inbounding the ball.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2022
• After a scoreless first overtime, Longstreet scored made a basket and four free throws to help Delano build a six-point lead with 11 seconds left.
  — Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
• Boeheim was not called for a foul on the play, which happened after Syracuse made a basket, but the ACC does a postgame review of all its games.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022
• Vaughn Zagarian made a basket with one second left in overtime to deliver a victory for the Falcons.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• Both benches were given a technical after Dickinson scored a basket and glared at the Maryland bench, prompting words to be exchanged between the two sides.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• In the top of the sixth, Toro chased down Ohtani’s fly ball to shallow left field and made a basket catch, denying Los Angeles’ $700 million dollar man a hit.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
• After Irving made a basket in the paint to cut the Bucks’ lead to 44-40 midway through the second quarter, his left leg hit the right leg of Antetokounmpo on his way down.
  — Steve Megargee, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2021
• The Bulls were outrebounded 54-48, allowing four offensive rebounds on a single play before the Celtics finally scored a basket.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
• After Irving made a basket in the paint to cut the Bucks' lead to 44-40 midway through the second quarter, his left leg hit the right leg of Antetokounmpo on his way down and his ankle rolled.
  — Steve Megargee, Star Tribune, 13 June 2021