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n. - A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).

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  • '' We were trying to get a layup from the out-of-bounds, '' Sprewell said of the final shot.
  • Her two free throws made it 66-62 and when she went in for a layup from the left side, Duke led 68-64 with 2: 33 left.
  • Willliams gave a rare display of emotion after missing a layup from the baseline and converting a three-point play with 2: 11 left.
  • The “recipe” for a given frame in a given size is called the layup schedule.
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