Cut: A quick move by an offensive player, usually toward the basket, to get in position for a shot.
切入(cut)：防守隊員快速跑動，通常是跑向籃筐，以獲得投球位置。

Dead-ball foul: A foul committed while the clock is stopped and the ball is not in play.
死球犯規(guī)(dead-ball foul)：指當24秒已到時，球還沒開始打。

Deny the ball: Prevent an opponent from getting the ball by guarding him closely and staying between him and the player in possession of the ball.
繞前防守（deny the ball):球員得球時防止對手通過近身防守得球或擋在他中間。

Double dribble: A violation in which a player dribbles the ball, stops, then begins to dribble again.
兩次運球(double dribble)：球員運球，停止，接著又開始二次運球為犯規(guī)。

Double-team: The defensive tactic of two players guarding one.
兩人防守（double-team)：二打一的防守戰(zhàn)術。

Downtown: Far from the basket, often synonymous with beyond the three-point arc.
中場(downtown)：距籃筐較遠的地方，通常意味著三分線之外的地方。

Draft: The annual selection process by which NBA teams select players from the colleges and elsewhere.
新秀選拔（draft）：每年一次NBA球隊會從大學或其他地區(qū)選拔球員。

Dribble: Bounce the ball.
運球（dribble）：拍球。

Dunk: A shot thrown downward through the basket, with one or two hands. Also: slam, slam-dunk, jam
灌籃（dunk，slam，slam-dunk，jam）：直接穿透籃筐的投球，可以一只手或兩只手。

Fast break: A play in which a team gains possession and then pushes the ball downcourt quickly, hoping to get a good shot off before the other team has a chance to get back and set up on defense.
快攻（fast break)：球隊控球時的一種打法。控球后把球迅速傳回后半場，希望在另一隊回防前能得到一次好的投球機會，然后重新防守。

Field goal: A basket, worth either two or three points, depending on whether it was taken from inside or outside the three-point line (set at 22 feet from the basket).
投籃命中（field goal)：兩分或三分球，取決于是在三分線以內(nèi)還是以外投籃（三分線距離籃筐22英尺)。

Flagrant foul: Unnecessary and/or excessive contact committed against an opponent.
惡意犯規(guī)（flagrant foul)：與對手不必要的或者過度接觸。

Foul: A violation. Usually, illegal contact between two players.
犯規(guī)(foul)：違例。通常指兩球員間非法接觸。

Foul trouble: When a player is nearing the limit for personal fouls before he is ejected from the game, or a team is nearing the limit in each period after which all fouls become shooting fouls.
犯規(guī)麻煩(foul trouble)：指一個球員個人犯規(guī)次數(shù)快要達到底限而快要不能繼續(xù)比賽，或者指每一節(jié)中球隊所有犯規(guī)都變成打手犯規(guī)，球隊快要面臨底限。

Free agent: A player not under contract to any NBA team because his contract has expired or was terminated by his team in accordance with NBA waiver procedures, or because he was eligible for an NBA Draft and was never signed to an NBA contract.
自由人(free agent)：沒有與任何NBA球隊簽約的球員，因為他的合約已經(jīng)到期或者由于球隊為了與NBA豁免流程相一致而被球隊終止比賽，或者因為他可能在NBA選秀中被選上，也可能再也不與NBA簽約。

Free throw: An uncontested shot from 15 feet, worth one point. A player who is fouled while in the act of shooting receives two free throws. Also: foul shot.
罰球（free throw，foul shot）：距籃筐15英尺的無競爭的投籃，值一分。當球員阻止二分投籃時會被l兩次罰球。

Frontcourt: A team's offensive half of the court. As it refers to players, a team's center and forwards.
前場(frontcourt)：球隊進攻的半場。同樣的也指隊里的中鋒和前鋒。