: a goal (as in basketball or hockey) made by deflecting a shot into the basket or net from very close range
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Key moment After missing 11 straight shots, Creighton got within 61-59 on a tip-in by Neal with 6:37 left.
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Staff and Wire Reports, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2025
Los Alamitos 58, Long Beach Poly 56: Liam Gray had the winning tip-in basket with two seconds left in Division 1.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
That was the Malachi Flynn team of 2019-20 that went 30-2 before the NCAA Tournament was scrapped because of the pandemic (and also had a 17-2 run when Nevada’s only basket was an inadvertent tip-in by an Aztecs player).
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
But to come back in his first game and to have three steals, have the playmaking and assists, caught the ball in the pocket, an offensive rebound tip-in.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2025
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Staff and Wire Reports, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2025
Los Alamitos 58, Long Beach Poly 56: Liam Gray had the winning tip-in basket with two seconds left in Division 1.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
That was the Malachi Flynn team of 2019-20 that went 30-2 before the NCAA Tournament was scrapped because of the pandemic (and also had a 17-2 run when Nevada’s only basket was an inadvertent tip-in by an Aztecs player).
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
But to come back in his first game and to have three steals, have the playmaking and assists, caught the ball in the pocket, an offensive rebound tip-in.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Tip-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tip-in. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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