Easy basketball shot Crossword Clue

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Easy basketball shot Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BASKETBALL (noun)
1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
2. an inflated ball used in playing basketball
SHOT (noun)
1. an estimate based on little or no information
2. a solid missile discharged from a firearm
SHOT (adjective)
1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

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