bank shot
noun
1
: a shot in billiards and pool in which a player banks the cue ball or the object ball
2
: a shot in basketball played to rebound from the backboard into the basket
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McDavid made it 3-0 with a bank shot off Bobrovsky just over three minutes later, leaving the Panthers reeling — and the probability of another 2,500-mile flight to Alberta looming large.
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Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
Jalen Brunson hit a go-ahead bank shot with less than five seconds left in regulation to put the Knicks up on the Oklahoma City Thunder — then on Easter Sunday, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rose to the occasion and hit a game-winning fade-away shot over Miles McBride.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
Bremer’s bank shot with 1:17 left gave Minnesota State a one-point lead.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
McClatchy, meanwhile, made just one 3-point basket — and that one came on a prayer bank shot when the game was out of reach in overtime.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
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Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
Jalen Brunson hit a go-ahead bank shot with less than five seconds left in regulation to put the Knicks up on the Oklahoma City Thunder — then on Easter Sunday, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rose to the occasion and hit a game-winning fade-away shot over Miles McBride.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
Bremer’s bank shot with 1:17 left gave Minnesota State a one-point lead.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
McClatchy, meanwhile, made just one 3-point basket — and that one came on a prayer bank shot when the game was out of reach in overtime.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
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“Bank shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bank%20shot. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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