pick-and-roll
noun
: a basketball play in which a player sets a screen and then cuts toward the basket for a pass
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Denver got a stop then ran pick-and-roll between Jamal Murray and Jokic for the win.
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Opponents have typically trapped or switched when Doncic has operated as the ball handler in pick-and-rolls.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2025
New York’s pick-and-roll coverage, poor communication in transition and inability to guard across the board puts them behind the league’s best.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Coby White ran a pick-and-roll with Nikola Vucevic, forcing Precious Achiuwa and Mikal Bridges to trap him near the right wing.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Opponents have typically trapped or switched when Doncic has operated as the ball handler in pick-and-rolls.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2025
New York’s pick-and-roll coverage, poor communication in transition and inability to guard across the board puts them behind the league’s best.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Coby White ran a pick-and-roll with Nikola Vucevic, forcing Precious Achiuwa and Mikal Bridges to trap him near the right wing.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Pick-and-roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-and-roll. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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