How to Use inbounds pass in a Sentence

inbounds pass

noun
  • Smith caught an inbounds pass beyond the top of the key and heaved in a 28-footer to win the game.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 8 July 2023
  • Caruso threw a lob inbounds pass to Patrick Williams, who was fouled on the play.
    — The Arizona Republic, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Harden saw the inbounds pass slip through his hands and roll away as time expired.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Game 3 hero got the inbounds pass from Courtney Vandersloot but overshot the basket, much to the relief of the Lynx and the crowd.
    — David Close, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Payton leaked out for a pair of buckets then Hield sank his third triple of the game on a sneaky inbounds pass up the court off a dead ball.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • But Jaquez crushed it with a long inbounds pass to Bailey for a breakaway that was thwarted with a foul.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Kiley received an inbounds pass and turned around to dribble up the floor.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The game-tying attempt began with an inbounds pass from Schröder to Finney-Smith.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But Derrick White’s initial inbounds pass was knocked out with 0.5 seconds left, and then Tatum’s heave from the left arc was not close.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Galloway stole the ball on an inbounds pass and Johnson turned it into a layup with 43 seconds left.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Arkansas guard Makayla Daniels stole an inbounds pass with 1.7 seconds left but fell out of bounds to set up the Tigers' chance at the buzzer.
    — Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2024
  • After catching a full-court inbounds pass from Kevin Love, Butler threw a pump fake that got Oubre off his feet.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
  • On the ensuing inbounds pass, the Heat then fouled Pacers center Myles Turner to preserve the game clock.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
  • This came as no surprise to the Heat, who did not guard White’s inbounds pass and sent two defenders toward Boston’s star.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • Tatum sprinted for the inbounds pass with the Celtics down 1 and launched a 29-footer that Ochai Agbaji contested.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Andrews took an inbounds pass in one corner of the backcourt and immediately had the ball slapped out of his hands and off his leg out of bounds.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Trailing by two, the former San Antonio Spurs guard took the inbounds pass and was matched up against Jokić and his massive 6-foot-11-inch frame.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Then another several to determine there was no time left when the inbounds pass sailed out of bounds.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Fans had already moved down to the court area as Mark Mitchell heaved a long inbounds pass that was intercepted by Cam Hildreth near midcourt.
    — CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Monk then came up with a steal on the inbounds pass and hit a 3 of his own, sending Sacramento into the second quarter with some momentum.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2024
  • After a timeout, Miami’s inbounds pass almost got swallowed up in traffic, but the ball found its way to Harden, who squared up in the paint and took her shot.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Down two with 12 seconds left, Grace Stone snagged an inbounds pass and immediately called for a timeout.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Lamont Butler deflected the inbounds pass, and the Aztecs had escaped.
    — Staff Reports, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Trying to inbound the ball while also taking time off the game clock, Davis slow-rolled his inbounds pass to Vincent, but drew an offensive foul when Daniels ran into the backcourt looking to steal the ball.
    — Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The second half didn’t start any better, with Anderson stealing a lazy inbounds pass from Jay Pal and gliding in for an uncontested dunk.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The Clippers had one final chance in the extra period with three seconds remaining to get off a three-pointer and force double overtime, but James Harden failed to catch the ball from the inbounds pass.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Baylor made another free throw, rebounded a miss and made two more free throws before Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker threw away an inbounds pass to seal the loss.
    — Mike Rodak | [email protected], al, 18 Mar. 2023
  • That meant Jalen Suggs never took the inbounds pass, never frantically dribbled just a few steps past halfcourt and never launched the shot that bounced off the backboard and through the net, breaking the heart of every Bruin.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • After catching the inbounds pass from Curry, Green, dribbled toward the baseline while blanketed by Dennis Schröder.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2023

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