English basketball terminology

This is the second edition of the NBA Word List. On the basis of the original edition, some words are added, and some explanations are added, and the mistakes in the first edition are revised. However, there are still many words that can't find a complete Chinese explanation, so they can only describe their meanings. If it's not accurate, please include a lot. If any expert knows its Chinese meaning, please let me know.

Achilles tendon: Achilles tendon

Air ball: "airball", and the thrown ball didn't touch anything. According to the explanation given by Merriam Webster, it is a miss shot in basketball that fails to touch the rim and backboard, so the literal translation should be "two sticks".

Alley-oop: "air relay". One player threw the ball into the air, and another player caught it in the air and dunked it into the basket.

Arena: playing field; Arena. For example, Seattle's home court is called Key Arena.

Assist: assist (abbreviation: Ast.)

Backboard: rebound. Note: it is not a basketboard.

Backcourt: backcourt. A team's own half is the backcourt, that is, the half that the team wants to defend.

Backdoor paly: one of the basic basketball tactics. When a player catches the ball around the free throw arc, another player immediately inserts it into the basket from the weak side and receives the pass from his teammate to score.

Bank shot: clean cricket, hit the board into the basket

Baseline: the boundary line between the two ends of the court

Basket: the basket. Also known as ring, there is also a popular saying that hoop.

Bench: substitute

Block shot: blocking (abbreviated as Blk.)

Blocking: blocking a foul. Note: here is the ing form of the verb, especially the action of foul.

Blooper: (American slang) The NBA is especially good at capturing such tidbits inside and outside the stadium, and every season it releases the "Top Ten" spectacle shots of that year.

Board: rebounding. ESPN announcers love to use this word when they broadcast the results of the game.

Boo:(n) boo; (v) hissing and booing. A way for fans to vent their dissatisfaction.

Bounce pass: hitting the ground and passing the ball

Box out: blocking the person by rebounding, that is, standing between the opponent and the basket when rebounding, and blocking the defender's action with his body.

Brick:(v) The ball hits the basket or rebounds and bounces out. Many Bulls fans hold a sign that says "Brick" in their hands when the visiting team makes free throws, which keeps shaking in front of the penalty shooters and disturbs their sight, so as to interfere with the free throws.

Bury: throw (a ball), often used in the phrase bury a jumper

Buzzer beater: the last throw before the end of the game. Buzzer is a buzzer for the competition.

Captain: captain. The captain is the only person who is qualified to discuss the rules and penalties with the referee.

Charging: a collision foul, that is, a foul in which an attacker collides with a defender who has a reasonable defensive position and does not move.

Cheer squad: Cheerleader, also known as hurra team

Coach: Coach. For example, Head coach is the head coach and Assistant coach is the assistant coach.

Coast-to-coast: from one end of the court to the other (n). For example: coast-to-coast pass.

Conference: alliance. The NBA is divided into two leagues (Eastern Conference and Western Conference), and each league has its own logo.

Commissioner: president. The current president of the NBA is David Stern.

Cornrow: a popular hairstyle in NBA today, in which the hair is tied into a braid, such as Iverson and Sprewell. This word is very vivid and appropriate.

Court: court; The stadium. Home court home.

Crossover: cross dribbling. Tim Hardaway's trademark action.

Cut: cut in

Debut: first play

Defense: defense. When the visiting team attacks, we can often hear the fans at home shouting "Defense!" under the guidance of the sound engineer in the gymnasium. Defense!" .

Deny the ball: defense around the front

Disqualification: being sent off (abbreviated as DQ.), also known as foul out.

Division: division. NBA*** has four divisions, and each league has two divisions.

Double-double: two pairs, that is, two technical statistical indicators reach double digits.

Double dribble: twice dribble

Double-team: double attack

Double dribble: twice dribble

Downtown: the area outside the three-point line

Draft: draft, that is, the annual recruitment meeting of the NBA

Dribble:(vt,n) dribble

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Explosiveness: explosive power

Fadeaway shot: backward shooting. Also called fadeaway jumper.

Fake:(n) fake action; (v) fake action

Fast break: fast break; Fast break

Finals: finals. Semifinals semi-final

Field goal: shooting, including two-point shooting and three-point shooting (abbreviated as FG.).

Finger roll: the action of picking the ball with your fingers during low-handed layup

flaggrant foul: unnecessary or excessive foul, malicious foul

Foul. Personal foul is personal foul; The cumulative foul of the whole team is called team foul.

Foul trouble:(n) A player's trouble caused by the number of fouls, for example, the number of fouls of this player is close to six, and if he commits one or two more fouls, he will be sent off.

Free agent: a free man. The athletes and newcomers at the expiration of the contract are free men, and the free men are not bound by the team.

Free throw: free throw (abbreviation: FT.)

Frontcourt: frontcourt. The opponent's half is the frontcourt, that is, the half where the team members attack.

GB: short for Games Behind, backward games. There is no such thing as points in the NBA. Generally speaking, the backward games are used to indicate the gap between teams.

Give-and-go: one of the basic tactical coordination, the attacker passes the ball to another teammate --give, then cuts into the basket, and then receives the teammate's return pass to make a layup (or dunk) and score-go. That is, we often say "communication and coordination."

Go: similar to what our fans say, "Go!" . In the finals between the Bulls and the Lakers, a Bulls fan shouted "Go Bulls! Take it home!" , translated into Chinese is "Go Bulls! Take it (the championship) home! "

Goaltending: interference ball. When the thrown ball starts to fall from the highest point (before reaching the basket), the defender can no longer touch the ball, otherwise the defender will be judged to interfere with the ball and the attacker will score. This rule was introduced into NBA in 1944, in order to limit giant centers like George Mikan from being too "overbearing" in the basket.

Green room: The rookie, his family and friends gathered in the green room at the draft. When David Stern, the president of NBA, read his name, the rookie came to the front desk, which also means that he has been selected by the NBA team and is about to start his career.

Gunner: A pitcher who often shoots

Hand-checking:a: A defensive technique, that is, touching the opponent's body with his hand to track the opponent's position. Also called hand-check B: a kind of defensive foul. The defender blocked the attacker with his hand. Defenders can't use their arms to block the movement of attackers. Legal hand-checking technology only allows hands to touch the opponent's body to track the opponent's position, but hands are not allowed to exert force to block the opponent's movement.

Hands off: passing by the hand

Hang time: air time, that is, the time that an athlete stays in the air when shooting.

High post: around the free throw arc, the commentary in Hong Kong translates it as "high position"

Holding: pulling a foul

Hook shot: hook shot, and sometimes it is directly represented by "hook". What's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's nickname again-"kareem abdul-jabbar" --sky-hook.

tiger: used to describe an athlete who plays very hard and is very aggressive. I once saw a short film introducing Dikembe Mutombo, and his first sentence was "Welcome to hustle Mutombo ...". In NBA, rebound, assist, steals the ball and block are used to describe an athlete's aggressiveness. The title of this data table is also called hustle.

Illegal defense: illegal defense. In NBA, joint defense is illegal defense.

Injury list: the list of the wounded. If a player is injured and can't participate in the game, according to NBA regulations, he must be included in the wounded list (the wounded list is public) (abbreviated as IL).

Jam: dunk. One-handed jam dunks with one hand; Two-handed jam dunks with both hands. The famous singer Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan co-produced an MTV with the name "Jam".

Jersey: an athlete's vest. Also called uniform. When some athletes who have made great contributions to the team retire, his jersey will also retire with him. His jersey is hung on the ceiling of the team's home court, and other athletes can no longer use the number on this jersey in the future.

Jump ball: jump ball; Fight for the ball

Jump shot: jump shot. Also called jumper.

Lane: penalty area, also called free throw lane. When basketball was first invented, the penalty area was slender, its width was shorter than the diameter of the penalty arc, and its shape was like a key, so it was also called the key.

Layup: layup

Ligament: Cruciate ligament, cruciate ligament, the ligament in the knee joint, is the most vulnerable part for athletes, including anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament.

Locker room: locker room

Logo: logo, the NBA logo is an athlete dribbling. It is said that this logo is designed according to the image of Jerry West, and the NBA has been using this logo since the 196s. Team logo, team logo

Lottery: the process of determining the draft order. In the past, it was decided by tossing a coin, so it was called "lottery" because of its uncertainty.

Low post: in the three-second zone, on both sides of the basket, near the bottom line, the commentator in Hong Kong translated it as "low position".

Mascot: mascot. Many teams in the NBA have their own mascots, and some have more than one. The famous ones are Gorilla of Phoenix, Turbo of Houston, etc. There is a rule in the NBA that the actor of the mascot is not allowed to reveal his identity, in order to maintain a sense of mystery, and if any reporter accidentally sees the actor, he is not allowed to take pictures or videos. When it is necessary to interview them, the actor often sits there holding the helmet of the mascot, and the other costumes remain the same. Most of the lighting is turned off and only a beam of light is shone from behind him, so that the audience can only see an outline.

Matchup:(n) the corresponding relationship of each position in attack and defense

Meniscus: meniscus. A cartilage in the knee joint is also one of the places where athletes are easily injured. We often hear that an athlete is on the injured list because of meniscus tear and cannot play for several months.

Move: move. This word appears very frequently in the NBA, for example, a beautiful move we say "Great move!" ; Turn around and get rid of what we call "Spin move".

MVP:Most Valuable Player, the most valuable athlete

NBA: abbreviation of National Basketball Association

Net: Nets. A sign to check whether the ball is in the basket. When David Benoit of Utah dunked, the ball hit his head and popped out of the basket, and the ball didn't touch the net during the whole process. As a result, the goal was invalidated.

No-charge area: attack rational area. According to the new rules in 1997, draw a semicircle (dotted line) with the center of the basket as the center and the radius of 4 feet in each basket. This area is called the offensive rational area, where only the foul is stopped without hitting people with the ball (note: except for the O'Neal amendment).

offer: attack. The adjective form is offensive (abbreviation: off.), which can modify other nouns. For example, offensive rebound is offensive rebound.

Open shot:(n) unattended shooting

Outlet pass: the first pass after grabbing the basketball board is usually a long pass from the other court.

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