How to Use made/scored a basket in a Sentence
made/scored a basket
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Before Thursday’s game, Newell stood in the third row of the grandstands and made a basket.
— Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2022 -
Zach Edey just made a basket, but IU will get the ball back after the timeout.
— Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2023 -
Paul made a basket to putt the Thunder within three, House then stepped out of bounds to give the Thunder the ball back.
— orlandosentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2020 -
Arkansas hasn’t scored a basket in the last 8:29 and go in the locker room missing nine of the last ten shots.
— Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 8 Feb. 2022 -
Georgia has just three shot attempts so far (to Auburn’s dozen) and has not made a basket in 4:01 of game time.
— Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 1 Feb. 2023 -
The last time the Clippers made a basket closer than the midrange was a dunk by Mann — with 9:28 remaining.
— Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 -
All but Webb scored a basket, with Okubanjo and McAndrew sinking go-ahead shots in the first half.
— Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022 -
Meadow Tisdale scored a basket and Tanaya Bailey made one of two free throws to make it 45-41.
— James Weber, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2022 -
With an array of short jumpers, Davis made his first six shots before anyone else on the Lakers made a basket.
— orlandosentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020 -
Boeheim was not called for a foul on the play, which happened after Syracuse made a basket, but the ACC does a postgame review of all its games.
— San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022 -
Booker checked into the game, gobbled up a few rebounds, blocked a shot and scored a basket — and after a few minutes was back on the bench.
— New York Times, 6 July 2022 -
After a scoreless first overtime, Longstreet scored made a basket and four free throws to help Delano build a six-point lead with 11 seconds left.
— Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021 -
Lyon scored a basket with three seconds left, but CovCath let the time expire without inbounding the ball.
— James Weber, The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2022 -
After Irving made a basket in the paint to cut the Bucks’ lead to 44-40 midway through the second quarter, his left leg hit the right leg of Antetokounmpo on his way down.
— Steve Megargee, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2021 -
Sherfield finally made a basket four minutes into the second half and finished with 25 points.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021 -
After Irving made a basket in the paint to cut the Bucks' lead to 44-40 midway through the second quarter, his left leg hit the right leg of Antetokounmpo on his way down and his ankle rolled.
— Steve Megargee, Star Tribune, 13 June 2021 -
Both benches were given a technical after Dickinson scored a basket and glared at the Maryland bench, prompting words to be exchanged between the two sides.
— Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020 -
The Bulls were outrebounded 54-48, allowing four offensive rebounds on a single play before the Celtics finally scored a basket.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
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