| Iconic "Air Jordan" move |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Showy basketball shot |
Universal |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Sure thing |
New York Times |
30 May 2025 |
| Certain showy point |
TV |
23 Mar 2025 |
| *Basketball shot first performed in the WNBA in 2002 |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Forceful basketball shot (4,4) |
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| Dramatic basket; cinch (4-4) |
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| Basketball shot in which the ball is thrust down through the basket (4,4) |
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| Forceful shot in basketball where the ball is put directly through the hoop from above |
Mirror Quiz |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Sure thing |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2024 |
| See 54-Across |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2023 |
| Basketball shot where the player forces the ball down through the basket after jumping up: 2 wds. |
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| Basketball shot, also a word commonly used to refer to something done very successfully: 2 wds. |
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| *Dramatic two-pointer |
Universal |
16 Dec 2022 |
| Sure thing, informally |
Universal |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Showed shame while walking over a doctor to achieve success |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Sure thing |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Emphatic two-pointer |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Flashy move from a Sun |
Universal |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Jump up and force ball down through basket in basketball |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Sure thing |
The Washington Post |
23 Jun 2018 |
| Sure thing |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2018 |
| Sure thing |
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| Snap to do |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2017 |
| Focus of an annual 26-Down contest |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2015 |
| NBA highlight |
Universal |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Focus of an annual 26-Down contest |
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| NBA highlight |
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| Court coup |
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| Basketball tour de force |
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| Foregone conclusion |
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| No-sweat job |
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| No-sweat job |
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| Piece of cake |
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| Dramatic court action |
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| Dramatic court action |
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| Shaq shot |
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| Shaq shot |
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| Shaq shot |
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| Dramatic court maneuver |
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| Hoops shot |
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| Flashy court feat |
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| Dramatic court action |
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| Patrick Ewing specialty |
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| Complete and dramatic success |
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| Jordan feat |
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| Michael Jordan feat |
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| Dwight Howard specialty |
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