In the fourth quarter, Love spun into the lane and hit a sweet push shot.
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Could it have been that Jolly didn't appear all that formidable, with her braided blond hair, average speed and old-school push shot?
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His push shot from just inside the free-throw line turns the ball into a butterfly, and stopping him with one defender is damn near impossible.
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His two-handed unspooling-the-cable push-shot is three-feet-short-and-falling, awkwardly taking a long time to develop, the ball hanging in the air, like the entire lowlight is playing out in super slo-mo.
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In practices and shootarounds, he shows consistent range out to the corners, has a nice one-step-in short-corner push shot, and Caupain says behind closed doors, he's coming along as a pick-and-pop threat above the break.
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He moves intelligently off the ball, sucks in offensive rebounds with a quick second jump and a seven-foot-four wingspan, and shoots his signature push shot—an automatic deuce from eight to ten feet—like a crumpled draft at a wastebasket.
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Watch the clips below, and notice how often well-positioned defenders are left stranded at the rim while he puts up an effortless baby hook or push shot that hits nothing but net: For the modern NBA big man, the dribble handoff (DHO) has become a crucial skill.
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Here he is in a four-on-three situation after the Atlanta Hawks slap two defenders on the ball off a high pick-and-roll: Gordon catches Payton's pass with options: he can kick it out to a wide-open Evan Fournier in the weak-side corner, flick it to Vucevic down low, or attempt an uncontested push shot in the paint.
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He was a southpaw; Eddie Beachler of The Pittsburgh Press described his left-handed dribble and push-shot as "deceptive", while Dan McGibbeny of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette several years after Bebbers' retirement from playing recounted how he was "a sprightly lad with a rare ability to dribble left-handed for a full game." He legally changed his last name from Milkovich to Melvin in late 1951.
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Dominic Dale, who had been ill with food poisoning in the days before his match with Jimmy White, accused White of making a push shot, pretended to go to sleep in his chair during the final frame, and after losing 2–10, snapped his cue and threw it out of his dressing-room window. This and the match between Hunter and Hann was interrupted by a streaker wearing a Sven-Göran Eriksson mask.
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After that breakout season, he rejoined the Bullets via a trade, during which time he appeared in his only NBA All-Star Game in 1992. Renowned for his "push shot," Adams retired in 1996 when playing for the Charlotte Hornets with NBA career totals of 9,621 points and 4,209 assists, and was once among the all-time league leaders in three-point field goals made and attempted. Adams had a record 79 consecutive games with a 3-point field goal (from January 28, 1988 to January 23, 1989).
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Top 100 Moments in Texas Men's Basketball History texassports.com a CBS Sports college network] which stood for 16 years. Gray was a First-Team All- American guard in 1935Jack Gray, 81, former head coach Fort Worth Star Telegram. March 8, 1992 and was All-SWC all three years of his varsity career. He was known for his one-handed "push" shot, a precursor of the jump shot.Top 100 Moments in Texas Men's Basketball History texassports.com a CBS Sports college network] With one year of coaching experience took over the coaching job at age 25.Top 100 Moments in Texas Men's Basketball History texassports.com a CBS Sports college network] In his first six years as coach beginning in 1937, he led the Longhorns to five winning seasonsTop 100 Moments in Texas Men's Basketball History texassports.
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