airball
Shot misses everything
A missed basketball shot that fails to touch the rim or backboard—nothing but air.
The term highlights the shooter's failure, often prompting taunts from opposing fans: Airball! Airball!
Extended to any embarrassing miss or failed attempt: His joke was a total airball.
Fired clay building unit
- swishSoft rushing sound
- hoopsCircular bands or rims
- dunkBriefly submerge in liquid
- layupClose-range basket attempt
three-pointer · jumpshot · rebound · court · buzzer-beater · alley-oop · fadeaway · hookshot
brick
Fired clay building unit
layup · three-pointer · jumpshot · rebound · court · buzzer-beater · alley-oop · fadeaway · hookshot · rim
miss
Fail to reach
fiasco · botch · misstep · whiff · choke · gaffe · blooper · clunker · dud · bust
overshoot
Go beyond intended point
- undershootMiss by insufficient reach
- shortOf limited extent
- longOf great extent
wide · off-target · wayward · errant · sailing · arcing · floating · drifting
- basketballrebound, dunk, dribble, layup, assist
- sports slangalley-oop, buzzer beater, clutch, dunk, slam dunk
- Stadium Chantshere we go, lets go, we believe, call and response, call-and-response
- off targetoff target, off-target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide
- basketball slangalley-oop, ankle breaker, baller, ballin, balling
- sports mistakesown goal, fumble, bad pass, dropped pass, wild throw
airballswish
Soft rushing sound
nothing but net · pure · splash · bucket · drained
airballswish
Soft rushing sound
nothing but net · splash · buzzer beater · clutch shot · game winner