Search Details

Word: half-court (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...fast break, so if nothing else the Celtics need to get back on defense. "Make him play five-on-five basketball as much as possible," says former NBA point guard and current ESPN analyst Greg Anthony. He'll hit those crazy fade-aways and spinning layups in the half-court game, but even for Kobe, those shots are measurably more difficult, and physically draining, than dunks and open threes on the fast break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to (Sort Of) Stop Kobe | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...fails so greatly. The shoddy finale comes close, and will definitely leave viewers thinking that they’ve wasted ten precious dollars and a whole afternoon of precious time. “Semi-Pro” is about as far from a slam dunk as a dwarf at half-court. As the sports commentator in the movie says, “Sometimes dreams turn into nightmares.” “Semi-Pro” exemplifies this scenario. It could have been good—it could have even been acceptable—but somehow this...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Semi-Pro | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...Penn gets the ball back but does absolutely nothing with it. Again, the lack of quality shooting is burning into offensive options. Housman gets the ball with two seconds left and puts up a half-court prayer.....he just narrowly misses it off the backboard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Basketball vs. Penn | 2/23/2008 | See Source »

...Columbia is running a 4.4 out there tonight. He drives past the Crimson's half-court defense and dishes it off smoothly to his big man for the assist. Columbia 18, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Hoops vs. Columbia | 2/16/2008 | See Source »

...help D from Lin. But Holy Cross maintains possession, then Harris gets the foul. Saders shooting two. Makes the first, 18-9. Second is good, and as my partner mentioned, that 80% shooting from the stripe is helping Holy Cross. 19-9. 11:44: Crimson is struggling in the half-court set, they need to run. 11:13: Holy Cross' center gets a rebound...while sitting down. Come on guys, grab a board here. Timeout Saders, 19-9 One positive for the Crimson: sophomore Dan McGearney plays tenacious defense, I'm talking Wojochoski level D. 10:23: Harris...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVE BLOG: Men's Basketball v. Holy Cross | 11/20/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Next