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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.
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Jerry Sloan
Sports; Basketball
NBA Utah Jazz coach since 1988 and the longest-tenured coach in all of American professional sports to date, Jerry Sloan officially resigned on February 10, 2011. His coaching ...
floor general
Sports; Basketball
A player that is the main decision maker on the court deciding where the ball will go.
out of bounds
Sports; Basketball
Going beyond the field of boundary; in basketball, if a ball goes out of bounds, it needs to be thrown back into play.
tweener
Sports; Basketball
Used for a player who is capable of playing more than two positions but is not ideal for any of them. Often used for a player stuck between the small forward and a power forward ...
downtown
Sports; Basketball
Used as another way of saying "three pointer" or "three point shot". Miller hit 6 from downtown in last night's game.
flush
Sports; Basketball
Another meaning for a dunk or jam in basketball. What an emphatic flush by Martin.
stiff
Sports; Basketball
Used negatively as a description of an especially unathletic basketball player usually over the height of 6'9 (about 208 centimeters).
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