hot hand
Sustained scoring success
A hot hand is a streak of success, especially in sports, where a player seems temporarily unstoppable: She's got the hot hand tonight—give her the ball.
The term comes from basketball, where a shooter who has made several consecutive shots is said to have a hot hand.
Whether hot hands represent real momentum or just random clustering is debated, but the perception shapes how players and coaches behave: When you've got the hot hand, you keep shooting.
Discharging a weapon
- scoringEarning points in competition
- streakUnbroken series
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- accuracyDegree of correctness
swish · three-pointer · layup · dunk · shooter · clutch · rhythm · zone
Systematic deviation from rationality
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- gambler's fallacyAssuming randomness self-corrects
confirmation bias · perception · superstition · pattern recognition · variance · misconception · chance · statistics
Achieving victory
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- runMove swiftly on foot
- successionFollowing in order
- seriesOrdered set of related items
sequence · unbroken · string · spree · chain · sustained · prolonged · continuity
Facility for wagering
- pokerHearth implement for coals
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
- crapsCasino dice wagering
- rouletteSpinning wheel wager
dice · winning streak · table games · shooter · roll · betting · wager · high roller
shooting
Discharging a weapon
accuracy · swish · three-pointer · layup · dunk · shooter · clutch · rhythm · zone · net
cognitive bias
Systematic deviation from rationality
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
gambler's fallacy · confirmation bias · perception · superstition · pattern recognition · variance · misconception · chance · statistics · belief
winning
Achieving victory
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- runMove swiftly on foot
- successionFollowing in order
series · sequence · unbroken · string · spree · chain · sustained · prolonged · continuity · stretch
casino
Facility for wagering
roulette · dice · winning streak · table games · shooter · roll · betting · wager · high roller · chips
- gambling superstitionsgambler's fallacy, blowing on dice, cold streak, beginner's luck, lucky dice
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- bettingbet, ante, wager, odds, stake
- gambling oddsodds, probability, house edge, expected value, EV
- gambling tacticsbasic strategy, card counting, betting strategy, betting systems, running count
- sports superstitionslucky socks, lucky jersey, rally cap, playoff beard, lucky charm
hot handcold streak
Prolonged period of failure
slump · losing streak · cold hand · dry spell · skid
hot handcold hand
Extremity lacking warmth
bad luck · unlucky streak · cooler · snake eyes · cursed
hot, hand, hotter, hottest, hotly, hotness, hands, handed, handing