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Meanings of basketball game in English

Portuguese
bola-ao-cesto
Catalan
bàsquet
Spanish
baloncesto

A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop.

bola-ao-cesto
Portuguese
partida de basquete
Catalan
partit de bàsquet

Single sporting event.

partida de basquete
Synonyms
Examples for "basketball"
Examples for "basketball"
1
Sports metaphors are often used in rap music; basketball ones in particular.
Radio NZ
2
I played basketball, which came easy to me at a young age.
Ebony
3
African American basketball players carry the disproportionate burden of this exploitative system.
Ebony
4
It was what made him good at team sports: soccer, basketball, politics.
Leviathan Wakes
5
NOTES: Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo sat behind the Warriors' bench.
Reuters
1
You bring enough hoops together, you're talking about a lot of weight.
Wired
2
And started keeping track of how many hoops they could keep going.
Wired
3
The casks they certainly will, for the sake of the iron hoops.
Masterman Ready
4
Miguel grinned, and laughed until the gold hoops in his ears shook.
The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Camp...
5
Charlie had attended Duke on a hoops scholarship, then UNC-Chapel Hill law.
Devil Bones
Usage of basketball game in English
1
It's essentially a tracking system for every moment of a basketball game.
Wired
2
He showed up for a single basketball game during my sophomore year.
Dear John
3
Recently Lauren, my teenage daughter, and I went to a basketball game.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
4
Rodman plans to organise a basketball game between American and Korean teams.
The Guardian
5
I think I'll check and see if there's a basketball game on.
First degree
6
The officiating crew was intent on keeping the basketball game against No.
Reuters
7
This is about a basketball game, not about me and what happened.
Reuters
8
Her heart was set on winning every basketball game of the series.
Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School / The Record of th...
9
Ever since that basketball game, Stuart Hall has talked of nothing else.
Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College
10
He had been staring at a TV basketball game without really seeing it.
Night Shift
11
Once I went to a basketball game where everyone wore red.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
12
Three months into taking it, Luke collapsed midcourt during a CYO basketball game.
Bloodthirsty
13
You look at last night, that was a heckuva basketball game.
Reuters
14
I went to the gym and took part in a pickup basketball game.
Body work
15
The great, decisive basketball game with the juniors was now to take place.
Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School / The Record of th...
16
The NBA All-Star basketball game will be played on February 17.
Reuters
Translations for basketball game
Spanish
baloncesto