How to Use alley-oop in a Sentence

alley-oop

noun

• The Kings went up by 20 when Monk threw a lob to Keon Ellis for an alley-oop dunk.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
• Minutes later, Khris Middleton fed him on a backdoor cut for an alley-oop.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
• Kai Jones put him on a poster on an alley-oop dunk in a highlight play.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• An Okla alley-oop slam was the dagger and Pettway and the North fans erupted as time ran down.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• And when Green tried to creep over to double team him, Davis found Jaxson Hayes for an alley-oop.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
• Then Rosero and Memo Rodriguez teamed up for what felt like an alley-oop off a corner kick.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
• His first points came on an alley-oop dunk off a lob pass from Wembanyama.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
• And even then, that was an alley-oop score of a transition pass from Tyler Herro.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
• The Cardinals threw down an alley-oop's worth of it Wednesday.
  — The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024
• At times, its post players were flying, catching alley-oops that brought the house down.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• The audience doesn’t just hand you an alley-oop slam dunk every time.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
• First came a lob for an alley-oop to start the scoring, with Hall flushing it in his first start since Nov. 18 against Villanova.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
• To open the second quarter, Canadian Michael Nwoko put down a two-handed alley-oop dunk to cheers from the crowd.
  — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
• Six seconds in, Carter gave Missouri its first points with an alley-oop dunk off a pass from Nick Honor.
  — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2024
• Oso Ighodaro followed that by throwing down an alley-oop dunk for a 53-49 lead.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2024
• Paul and Trayce Jackson-Davis continued to show chemistry in the pick-and-roll, with the point guard connecting with the rookie on a pair of alley-oops.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
• James capped the scoring streak with a no-look, alley-oop pass to Jayson Tatum on an out-of-bounds play, zipping the ball toward the rim where the Boston Celtics star slammed it with two hands.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• But the 7-footer threw down alley-oop dunks, rolled hard to the rim and showed off impressive footwork in the post in Sunday’s victory.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 July 2024
• Fox opened the fourth quarter with another 3 and then threw down an alley-oop dunk from Malik Monk off a steal from Ellis.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2024
• That one resulted in an alley-oop from Jokic to his future Hall-of-Fame teammate.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
• Barabanov tucked his 12th goal of the season after Andreas Johnsson gave him an alley-oop pass.
  — Max Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
• Hawkins soared for a highlight, then Jackson caught an alley-oop and K.C. Ndefo answered by throwing one down on the other end.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023
• Swatting George’s first-quarter jumper and throwing down a nifty fast-break alley-oop from Tre Mann over him certainly proved that.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
• Jayson Tatum’s alley-oop dunk — off another assist from James on an inbounds pass — capped a 15-0 U.S. run to close the half firmly in control.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024
• His teammates seem to have realized, as if by accident, that any haphazard high pass to him in the paint can serve as an alley-oop.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• Bishop threw down one dunk on Carr's alley-oop lob, then slammed down another a few minutes later.
  — Dave Skretta, Chron, 24 Mar. 2023
• Three straight buckets from the rookie, including an alley-oop flush from Chris Paul, helped cut the Warriors’ deficit to single digits.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
• Duren was key, finishing an alley-oop through contact before splitting a trip at the free-throw line to extend a 9-0 Pistons run.
  — Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2023
• Williams was 3 for 3 from the field before that, including a powerful one-handed alley-oop.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• Two of those points came on perhaps one of the most memorable alley-oop dunks in recent Allen Fieldhouse history.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025