set shot
noun
: a two-handed shot in basketball taken from a stationary position
Example Sentences
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Rob Reischel, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022 Players typically played beneath, not above, the rim, and the two-handed set shot and layups were more common than the gravity-defying moves displayed by today's players. Alan Morrell, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022 The set shot all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, giving the group their first of four leaders. Hugh Mcintyre, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 A year ago, that jumper felt more like a set shot, complete with an awkward hitch at the top of its release. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021 Costello, who won NBA titles as a player and coach and was one of the last to use the two-handed set shot, has died. Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2020 The show will be a full set shot specially for the Encore Drive-In Nights Series, at a location near Metallica's Northern California headquarters and subsequently edited and mixed by their award-winning production team. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2020 If this new rule passes, the four-year, one-school player will go the way of the two-handed set shot. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2020 The problem is centers such as Drummond are viewed almost like the two-handed set shot. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020 See More
Rob Reischel, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022 Players typically played beneath, not above, the rim, and the two-handed set shot and layups were more common than the gravity-defying moves displayed by today's players. Alan Morrell, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022 The set shot all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, giving the group their first of four leaders. Hugh Mcintyre, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 A year ago, that jumper felt more like a set shot, complete with an awkward hitch at the top of its release. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021 Costello, who won NBA titles as a player and coach and was one of the last to use the two-handed set shot, has died. Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2020 The show will be a full set shot specially for the Encore Drive-In Nights Series, at a location near Metallica's Northern California headquarters and subsequently edited and mixed by their award-winning production team. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2020 If this new rule passes, the four-year, one-school player will go the way of the two-handed set shot. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2020 The problem is centers such as Drummond are viewed almost like the two-handed set shot. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above