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2. Breakaway rim - Wikipedia

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   A breakaway rim is a basketball rim that contains a hinge and a spring at the point where it attaches to the backboard so that it can bend downward when a player dunks a basketball, and then quickly snaps back into a horizontal position when the player releases it. It allows players to dunk the ball without shattering the backboard, and it ...

3. Glossary of basketball terms - Wikipedia

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   Used interchangeably with goal, hoop, and net. The goal in the game of basketball, consisting of a net suspended from a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 ft (305 cm) above the ground. In regulation contexts it is attached to a backboard. basket cut A cut toward the basket. basket interference

4. Backboard (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   Typical privately owned basketball hoop with backboard. A backboard is a piece of basketball equipment. It is a raised vertical board with an attached basket consisting of a net suspended from a hoop. It is made of a flat, rigid piece of, often Plexiglas or tempered glass which also has the properties of safety glass when accidentally shattered.

5. Rim (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   Rim (basketball) Typical professional hoop with backboard. The rim is a piece of basketball equipment, the circular metal ring holding up the net. It hangs from the backboard. The rim had a diameter of 18 inches. [1] A slam dunk requires one to jump high enough to get his hand above or over the rim. [2] Today there are breakaway rims .

6. Rebound (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   In basketball, a rebound, sometimes colloquially referred to as a board, [ 1] is a statistic awarded to a player who retrieves the ball after a missed field goal or free throw. [ 2] Rebounds in basketball are a routine part in the game; if a shot is successfully made possession of the ball will change, otherwise the rebound allows the defensive ...

7. Slam dunk - Wikipedia

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   Vince Carter dunking in 2009. A slam dunk, also simply known as a dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. [ 1] It is a type of field goal that is worth two points.