putback
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- noun
- /ˈpʊtˌbæk/
- Jargon
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rebote
- At one point in the first half, Hilton Armstrong had more putback dunks than Syracuse had points—four—and the Orange had more turnovers to boot.
- putback dunk
- rebound and putback
Examples
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A putback by Denver center JaVale McGee gave the Nuggets (4-3) a 96-94 lead.
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SFU tied the game on Mosley's putback before two Eargle free throws gave the Penguins a 25-23 lead.
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Bledsoe missed, rushed straight by Wade, and got a putback of his own miss.
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He gets almost all of his points running the floor on putbacks.
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Not to mention easy offensive rebounds and putbacks.
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Has he ever thought about how Ezeli gets us those rebounds and putbacks?
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5 of Jefferson's team-high 13 rebounds came on the offensive end, and most of those, if not all, resulted directly in putback dunks.
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Bogdanovich established a theme on the opening possession of the second half, collecting a missed three by Safford and making the putback for a 34-28 lead.
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A.J. Hammons had five rebounds, and Jay Simpson had two very nice putbacks on offensive rebounds, but much of that was in the first half.
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In the final seconds, he made a dramatic putback to secure the victory for his team.
Synonyms
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6.3
A shot scored by lightly tapping a rebound into the basket before it hits the ground
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Morphology
Etymology
Putback comes from put ('place') and back ('again'), and in basketball it means quickly placing the ball 'back' into the basket after you grab a rebound, which is why players call that score a putback.