alley-oop
Toss-and-slam play
Alley-oop is a basketball play where one player lobs the ball near the basket and a teammate catches it mid-air to score, usually with a dunk: He threw the alley-oop and Johnson slammed it home.
The term comes from the French *allez-hop*, a circus cry urging acrobats to leap.
Outside basketball, alley-oop signals coordinated effort requiring timing and trust between partners.
High-arcing throw or hit
- dunkBriefly submerge in liquid
- assistTo give support
- slamForceful impact or closure
- finishBring to completion
jam · layup · throwdown · fastbreak · no-look · inbounds · pick-and-roll · backdoor
lob
High-arcing throw or hit
finish · jam · layup · throwdown · fastbreak · no-look · inbounds · pick-and-roll · backdoor · give-and-go
posterize
Dunk over someone embarrassingly
two-handed · one-handed · flush · rim · backboard · hangtime · elevation · power · flight · hammer
aerial
Elevated, or signal-catcher
- flipQuick turning motion
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
gymnastics · trapeze · vault · highwire · cartwheel · handstand · circus · stunt · trick · agility
- dunksslam dunk, dunk, jam, stuff, flush
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
- athletic movesjump, run, sprint, dive, throw
- sports movesdunk, layup, dink, spike, serve
- sports slangbuzzer beater, clutch, dunk, slam dunk, hat trick
- Skateboardingskateboard, ollie, skateboarding, kickflip, grind
alley-oopisolation play
Designed one-on-one possession
layup · post-up · free throw · set shot · pull-up jumper
alley, illegal, allegory, allegiance, allege, illegally, allegation, alleys, allegorical