pick-and-roll
noun
: a basketball play in which a player sets a screen and then cuts toward the basket for a pass
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Isaiah Hartenstein was struggling to defend pick-and-rolls and then protect the rim.
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Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Enter Michigan, a team built around two 7-footers capable of running the pick-and-roll and stretching the floor, a veritable nightmare for a roster totally replete of rim-protecting big men.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
The athletic center would thrive as a pick-and-roll partner for Damian Lillard, offering vertical spacing and rim protection.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
But with the type of elemental Warriors Way play that has too often deserted them this season.
Curry and Trayce Jackson-Davis ran a high pick-and-roll, with everyone in the building expecting a Minnesota blitz.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Enter Michigan, a team built around two 7-footers capable of running the pick-and-roll and stretching the floor, a veritable nightmare for a roster totally replete of rim-protecting big men.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
The athletic center would thrive as a pick-and-roll partner for Damian Lillard, offering vertical spacing and rim protection.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
But with the type of elemental Warriors Way play that has too often deserted them this season.
Curry and Trayce Jackson-Davis ran a high pick-and-roll, with everyone in the building expecting a Minnesota blitz.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Pick-and-roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-and-roll. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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