NBA

• loose ball

  Two words. Hyphenate when used as an adjective coming before a noun: loose-ball foul

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• halftime

  One word.

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• goaltending, goaltender

  One word.

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• fullcourt

  Exists only as an adjective: Rick Pitino’s Kentucky teams were famous for their fullcourt press defense.

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• frontcourt

  One word.

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• foul shot

  Two words. See: free throw

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• free throw (n.), free-throw (adj.)

  Two words. See: foul shot

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• breakaway

  Specifically refers to when an offensive player (or players) are headed toward their opponent’s goal with no defenders in their way (minus a goalie). See: fast break

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• fast break (n.), fast-break (adj.)

  Specifically refers to when the action is moving upcourt with more offensive players than defenders, but the number of defenders is greater than zero. See: breakaway

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• baseline

  One word.

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