How to Use alley-oop in a Sentence

alley-oop

noun
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  • The Kings went up by 20 when Monk threw a lob to Keon Ellis for an alley-oop dunk.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Kai Jones put him on a poster on an alley-oop dunk in a highlight play.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • But a Hachimura alley-oop and a pair of Reaves’ free throws helped the Lakers stay ahead for the remainder of the game.
    — Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
  • An Okla alley-oop slam was the dagger and Pettway and the North fans erupted as time ran down.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • And when Green tried to creep over to double team him, Davis found Jaxson Hayes for an alley-oop.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Okpara’s alley-oop and two free throws by Jordan Gainey cut UF’s lead to six.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Then Rosero and Memo Rodriguez teamed up for what felt like an alley-oop off a corner kick.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
  • His first points came on an alley-oop dunk off a lob pass from Wembanyama.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
  • And even then, that was an alley-oop score of a transition pass from Tyler Herro.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The Cardinals threw down an alley-oop's worth of it Wednesday.
    — The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024
  • At times, its post players were flying, catching alley-oops that brought the house down.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In his first two minutes as a Warrior, Butler jammed an alley-oop and muscled his way to the line for a pair of foul shots.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The audience doesn’t just hand you an alley-oop slam dunk every time.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
  • First came a lob for an alley-oop to start the scoring, with Hall flushing it in his first start since Nov. 18 against Villanova.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
  • To open the second quarter, Canadian Michael Nwoko put down a two-handed alley-oop dunk to cheers from the crowd.
    — Nikstreng, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Six seconds in, Carter gave Missouri its first points with an alley-oop dunk off a pass from Nick Honor.
    — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Oso Ighodaro followed that by throwing down an alley-oop dunk for a 53-49 lead.
    — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Fears has been good all year, as evidenced as the timing on this alley-oop pass against Kansas.
    — Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Paul and Trayce Jackson-Davis continued to show chemistry in the pick-and-roll, with the point guard connecting with the rookie on a pair of alley-oops.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • James capped the scoring streak with a no-look, alley-oop pass to Jayson Tatum on an out-of-bounds play, zipping the ball toward the rim where the Boston Celtics star slammed it with two hands.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
  • But the 7-footer threw down alley-oop dunks, rolled hard to the rim and showed off impressive footwork in the post in Sunday’s victory.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 July 2024
  • Fox opened the fourth quarter with another 3 and then threw down an alley-oop dunk from Malik Monk off a steal from Ellis.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2024
  • For his next attempt, Stephon Castle nabbed a solid hammer slam off an alley-oop look.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
  • That one resulted in an alley-oop from Jokic to his future Hall-of-Fame teammate.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Barabanov tucked his 12th goal of the season after Andreas Johnsson gave him an alley-oop pass.
    — Max Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Unable to corral an errant Jovic alley-oop, Adebayo fell hard to the floor midway through the second quarter, but walked off and returned to the game.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Hawkins soared for a highlight, then Jackson caught an alley-oop and K.C. Ndefo answered by throwing one down on the other end.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023
  • That has freed up Gordon to operate on the perimeter more, knocking down 3s at a high clip and lobbing alley-oops to Jordan.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Swatting George’s first-quarter jumper and throwing down a nifty fast-break alley-oop from Tre Mann over him certainly proved that.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Jayson Tatum’s alley-oop dunk — off another assist from James on an inbounds pass — capped a 15-0 U.S. run to close the half firmly in control.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024

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