How to Use shot clock in a Sentence

shot clock

noun

• The snap of the ball was like two seconds off the shot clock.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2022
• Late in the shot clock, someone who was 2 for 12 on the year.
  — Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2022
• Yep, that’s 118 points without the 3-point line or shot clock.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
• Schools also have to train and pay people to run the shot clocks.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
• The shot clock will be shortened from 24 to 20 seconds.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2023
• When the whistle got blown, and my first instinct was to look up at the shot clock.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• Provo • Gideon George drove the lane with the shot clock winding down.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
• Davis scored the game's final points with 20 seconds left on the shot clock.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2023
• The pressure is coming with 20 on the shot clock, from three feet beyond the arc.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• With the shot clock winding down, Momcilovic had a mismatch and called for the ball.
  — Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• Time running down on the shot clock, Jalen Hood-Schifino turned around a ball screen at the top of the key.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2023
• The ball was still in Huntsberry’s hands when the shot clock ended.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 31 Mar. 2023
• The fewest total points in an NCAA tournament game in the shot clock era is 75.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2022
• Briefly: There was a delay with 18:25 left in the second half when the ball got stuck between the top of the backboard and the shot clock.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
• Biyombo guarded Luka Doncic on a switch in the first half and forced a miss at the end of the shot clock.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2022
• With the shot clock winding down, Oshae Brissett tossed the ball to Bitadze on the perimeter.
  — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2022
• The shot clock that had been a friend for months fast forwarded to zero.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
• There are video scoreboards and a shot clock above each basket.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022
• Too many times, Smith was given the ball late in the shot clock with Tigers guards looking for the big man to bail them out.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 23 June 2022
• Akanno banked in a three-pointer at the shot clock buzzer to get things started.
  — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2022
• The Flyers then got the ball in but Elvis did not get the corner jumper off before the shot clock expired.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
• As the shot clock wound down, a desperation 3-pointer banked in off the glass.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2022
• Both came with the clock winding down — Williams’ with the shot clock dwindling amid a slow start for the Tigers, Flanigan’s to beat the game clock at the end of the half.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 14 Jan. 2023
• Right before leaving the game, Hepburn stayed in front of the shifty Hunter and forced a pass in the waning seconds of the shot clock.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2022
• There were four who mentioned not wanting a shot clock.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2024
• The shot clocks that are typically above the backboard aren’t working, so the shot clock is on the ground in the corner of the court.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
• Basketball adopted the shot clock, the three-point shot and stricter rules on hand-checking.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
• And most of their baskets bleed down the shot clock courtesy of extra passes.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2023
• Calvert Hall opened with a 7-0 run and caused three back-to-back shot clock violations.
  — Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2022
• Disu scored five of the Longhorns’ final six field goals, often with the shot clock expiring.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024