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pick and roll

pick and roll noun: an offensive play in which a player stops to block a defender for a teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass.

Noun

pick and roll (plural pick and rolls)

  1. An offensive play in which a player stops to block a defender for a teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass.
    • He and [Dennis] Schröder developing pick-and-roll chemistry will certainly be an objective. [Markieff] Morris has a tendency to linger around the mid-range area after setting ball screens, but when he’s popping beyond the 3-point line, he can hurt defenses.2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic

Forms of pick and roll

pluralpick and rolls

Questions about pick and roll

What does pick and roll mean?
Pick and roll means an offensive play in which a player stops to block a defender for a teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass.
What part of speech is pick and roll?
Pick and roll is a noun.
What is the plural of pick and roll?
The plural of pick and roll is pick and rolls.

Words near pick and roll in the dictionary

  1. pick and mix
  2. pick and pack
  3. pick and pass
  4. pick and place
  5. pick and pop
  6. pick and roll
  7. pick apart
  8. pick at
  9. pick away at
  10. pick bids off the wall
  11. Pick bodies

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