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free throw
noun as in foul shot
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Playing basketball with a bunch of kids got real embarrassing, real fast: Obama stands at the free-throw line, cameras rolling.
One LBJ free throw and one errant Thabo Sefolosha pass later, and suddenly the Thunder were on the ropes.
The statistics: 27 free throw attempts in the quarter for the Lakers, against nine for the Kings.
Judith couldn't see what had happened, but evidently there had been a foul, for Catherine had a free throw.
In case of a foul, a 15 foot line measured from the pin in the circle is used as a free throw line.
The Purple Five player missed the free throw, while the Cubs again scored.
Violation of a rule constitutes a foul and gives the opponents a free throw for the basket from a point fifteen feet away.
In a free throw the guard is not allowed to interfere with the ball hitting the pin.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to free throw, such as: charity shot, and charity toss.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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