Sentence examples for facing the basket from inspiring English sources

"Lamond wasn't facing the basket.

"A lot of kids want to play facing the basket, even tall kids," he said.

He had begun to find his range facing the basket and continually entertained with his acrobatics and fierce blocks.

If you just play facing the basket, you just need to practice jump shooting and putting the ball on the floor and driving.

He prefers to play while facing the basket, has a nice touch from outside and is impressive at running the floor.

Stoudemire had the ball, facing the basket from about 17 feet out, along with a 97-95 definithen the final seconds of the Knicks' home opener Saturday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.

With eleven seconds left, Collins faced the basket from the right corner and took a jumper that barely grazed the rim.

"Until the league goes back to the rules that they have about playing post play, Pau's got to go out and face the basket".

After McDyess scored 20 points through the first three quarters, the Knicks began double-teaming him as soon as he faced the basket with the ball.

"He told me exactly, if anybody catches it, they got to face the basket, that's the only way they can catch and shoot," Kidd said.

James Augustine, a 6-10, 230-pound forward (7.3 rebounds a game), prefers to face the basket, and Roger Powell Jr., the other starting forward, is only 6-6. 2 -- OKLAHOMA STATE The seniors John Lucas and Joey Graham average 18 points.