The phrase "lucky bounce" refers to a fortunate or unexpected outcome that occurs by chance, especially in sports. It means that something good happened due to luck rather than skill or planning.
Sentences with «lucky bounce»
We have only 1 chance: Dubnyk stands on his head and we get really lucky bounces for the full series. (sbnation.com)
Plus Thomas got a really lucky bounce on his control (I don't know who it went off). (7amkickoff.com)
His inability to convert a 12 - foot birdie putt after getting an extremely lucky bounce off the hillside on the par - 3 seventh was indicative of the struggles that caused Tiger earlier to wonder just WTF was going on. (sbnation.com)