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pick and roll en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An offensive play in which a player stops to block a defender for a teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass.
    • He and [Dennis] Schröder developing pick-and-roll chemistry will certainly be an objective. [Markieff] Morris has a tendency to linger around the mid-range area after setting ball screens, but when he’s popping beyond the 3-point line, he can hurt defenses. 2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:

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Relateds

pick and pop

Translations (1)

ru пик-н-ро́лл (basketball maneuver)