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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Last week, the 6-foot-4 senior became just the third player in section history to crack the 3,000-point mark for his career, hitting a 9-foot bank shot against El Camino to give him 3,001.
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Rarely does such a diplomatic bank shot present itself at such a small cost.
—John Prendergast, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2017
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.
—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
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Rarely does such a diplomatic bank shot present itself at such a small cost.
—John Prendergast, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2017
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.
—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
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“Bank shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bank%20shot. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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