Word: fadeaways
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...running a double screen for Jimmy,” Housman said. “I saw it was clogged on that side, so I took it to the right side. I knew there wasn’t that much time left, so it was either try and shoot a fadeaway shot over a big guy, or try and get it down low to Evan, and thank God it went through [the defender’s] legs and he was able to score.” “I don’t know how he got the ball through...
REVERSE LAYUPS WHILE WEDGED between defenders. Fadeaway jumpers in traffic. Three-pointers shot from Catalina. Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant hit them all one Hollywood night in January, scoring 81 points, the second highest total in NBA history (Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 in 1962), in the Lakers' 122-104 win over the Toronto Raptors. In the second half alone, Bryant outscored the entire Toronto team...
...then hit a pretty fadeaway jumper, came up with a resounding block on the defensive end, added two free throws, and finished the spurt with a bucket after a series of spin moves on the block that tied the score...
...Resteghini & Jim Jones Can music videos save football seasons? The New York Giants think so. Back in September, they had a 1-2 record and little chance of winning the NFC East. But a week later, the defense found a new celebration dance—the “Fadeaway.” Copped from Jim Jones’ video for “We Fly High,” in which the rapper mimics a basketball jump shot, Giants defenders started miming crossovers and freethrows after sacks and interceptions. Since the dippiest member of the Dipset intervened, the Giants...
With a bracing lack ofmelodrama, Canadian Leslie Feist whisper-sings her way through a classic fadeaway ballad. The instrumentation is spare, and the lyrics are of the "Don't you wish/ We could forget that kiss" variety, but Feist's warm vocal performance makes failing relationships sound so romantic. --By Josh Tyrangiel