Sentence examples for the wrong basket from inspiring English sources

"We are putting our mental energy into the wrong basket," he told me.

In his first game, he put the ball in the wrong basket.

To reach his first career triple-double, Davis purposely missed a shot at the wrong basket in the final seconds of the game and grabbed the rebound, thinking it was his 10th of the game.

He shot at the wrong basket in the waning seconds of a blowout over Utah in a failed attempt to grab a rebound to fulfill his first triple-double.

Tristan Thompson shook off an early flub when he tipped the ball into the wrong basket to finish with 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Longhorns (24-4, 12-1 Big 12).LOUISVILLE 55, RUTGERS 37 Preston Knowles hit three 3-pointers in a game-opening 17-2 run that carried No. 16 Louisville over host Rutgers.

Tyler had scored at the wrong basket, earning himself the nickname Negative 2. Five years later, many American basketball players, coaches and executives — from high school to college to the N.B.A. — are wondering whether Tyler is headed in the right direction.

"Biotech: Golden Egg or Wrong Basket?" [L.I.@Work, Feb. 23] about the effort to promote a biotechnology industry on Long Island, focuses on the wrong question.

The Owls were finally clicking while the Aztecs had gone cold at the wrong time, as Leonard's basket was their only offensive production in the final 7 07 of regulation.

Now you have to flick the ball with your fingers/thumbs and try and get it in the "basket". circle) If the ball flies off in the wrong direction, your friend can move their "basket" if they wish.

In the wrong hands, Birmingham could easily have become a basket case; another Portsmouth or Plymouth.

The "wrong" side of the canvas should resemble a basket weave.