Air ball: Sarcastic term to describe a shot that doesn't touch the rim.
三不沾(air ball):術語——用來諷刺不沾籃筐的投籃。
Alley-oop pass: A pass thrown to a player who is running toward the basket. The second player leaps, catches the ball in midair, and dunks it or lays it in before he lands.
空中接力傳球(alley-oop pass):把球傳給正在跑向籃筐的球員。第二個球員跳躍,在空中接住球,在他落地前扣籃或者上籃。
Assist: A pass that leads directly to a basket.
助攻(assist):能直接得分的傳球。
Backcourt: A team's defensive half of the court. As it refers to players, a team's guards.
后場(backcourt):球場上球隊防守的部分。如果指球員的話,指球隊里的后衛。
Backdoor play: A fundamental basketball play in which one player passes to a teammate in the high post, and when the defenders follow the ball, another player cuts to the basket from the opposite side of the court to take a pass for an open shot.
溜底線或被切打法(backdoor play):最基本的籃球打法——球員傳球給站在高位的隊友,當防守隊員跟球后,另一個隊員從球場的另一邊切到球以尋找投球空位。
Bank shot: A shot that is aimed at a spot on the backboard so that it caroms, or "banks," into the basket
擦板入藍(bank shot):以籃板上一點為目標投籃,所以球可以反彈,或者“擦板”進入籃筐里
Baseline: The line at each end of the court, under each basket. Also: endline.
底線(baseline,endline):在球場兩頭每個籃筐下面的線。
Bench: Reserves.
替補隊員席(bench):指(全體)替補隊員。
Bounce pass: A pass thrown by a player to a teammate that bounces on the floor.
擊地傳球(bounce pass):一名球員將球擊地傳給隊友。
Box out: Use your body to stay between an opponent and the basket and thus get into better position for a rebound.
搶位擋人(box out):用身體擋在對手和籃板之間,以找到一個更好的籃板球位置。
Brick: A hard, errant shot that caroms wildly off the basket or backboard.
打板(brick):過于用力,導致彈出籃筐或籃板的失誤的投籃。
Bunny: An open, uncontested shot, usually a layup or dunk. Also: snowbird.
突破上籃(bunny, snowbird):空位,沒有防守的投籃,通常是灌籃或扣籃。
Bury: Sink (a shot), as in "bury a jumper."
命中(bury):投籃命中。
Charging: A violation in which an offensive player runs into a stationary opponent.
撞人犯規(charging):進攻隊員撞到沒有動作的對手的違例情況。
Chucker: A player who never met a shot he didn't like.
投手(chucker):從沒碰到不舒服的投籃的球員。
Coast-to-coast: From one end of the court to the other.
從前場到后場(coast-to-coast):從球場的一端到另一端。
Collective Bargaining Agreement: The agreement between the NBA and the Players Association that governs all terms and conditions of employment of NBA players by NBA teams.
NBA勞資協議(collective bargaining agreement):NBA和球員協會簽訂的協議,包括了所有的NBA球隊中的NBA球員雇傭的條約和條件。