Sentences with word «fadeaway»

Whether we are watching Kobe Bryant sink a pull - up fadeaway jumper or Mikhail Baryshnikov perform a grand jeté, there is no denying our awe of people who can move in ways we can not.

«Whenever you're hitting tough, hand - in - your - face turnaround fadeaways from off the left and the right shoulder, it's your night,» Wizards forward Kelly Oubre Jr. said about James.

Given the incredible success that Dirk Nowitzki has enjoyed utilizing his patented one - legged fadeaway over the past 16 seasons, then, it's been no surprise to see players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant use it to great, effortless effect.

As Dirk Nowitzki enters his 17th season, there's no better time to appreciate this 7 - foot German outlier and his signature one - footed fadeaway.

James had another masterful performance on Wednesday night, in which he scored the Cavaliers final nine points to secure a 113 - 108 win over the Denver Nuggets, including two final fadeaways that you'd only trust him to make.

-- Dwyane Wade-esque 2) Turn - around fadeaway in the 4th — Kobe-esque 3) Half - spin fake, pump then stepthrough with 10:40 in the 4th — Mchale-esque 4) Side - step fade into a 3pter with 17 seconds left in the 3rd — Curry-esque 5) Charging reverse layup against Giannis in overtime 1:22 to give us the lead for good — Kyrie-esque

She's so strong, she makes fadeaway and off - balance jumpers in ways you seldom see women do.

It's good news for the NBA if only because it means more high - leverage situations for Dirk and his winding, falling fadeaway.

... F Jerami Grant's fadeaway at the third - quarter buzzer gave Oklahoma City a 79 - 59 lead.

Fire coach Linda Hargrove has been surprised by Stiles's consistency but not by her ability to score from anywhere on the floor, defend against guards half a foot taller and get off her trademark fadeaway against anyone, even Utah's 7» 2» Margo Dydek.

Black boys dribbled basketballs around the parking lot, launching fadeaways into net-less hoops.

He knocked down a one - footed Dirk Nowitzki fadeaway!

Instead of the solos and hammer - ons of a music game, NBA Baller Beats uses fadeaways and fancy behind - the - back maneuvers as flourishes.

Speaking of extreme, the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve circuit in Portugal is Satan's own assortment of just under three miles of hills; blind, fadeaway corners; and a long, screaming straight where I saw only 180 mph because I was feeling kinda slow.

Among the players who occasionally complained to scorekeepers that they were being shorted in their assist totals was Al Attles, whose job with the Warriors was to feed Wilt Chamberlain for slam dunks and fadeaway jumpers.

Zach will limit the fadeaway and cause LMA to start dribbling (a good thing).

People are really interested in how hard she works, great size, her ability to face the basket, her fadeaway on her shot and her ability to score on like - sized players.

A fadeaway from the baseline.

His best bet at that moment would have been shooting a fadeaway with Durant's 7 - foot wingspan draped all over him.

He took advantage when matched up with Draymond Green, hitting fadeaway after fadeaway out of isolation post-ups.

His biggest buckets were down the stretch: A fadeaway that put the Jayhawks up by two, followed by a three that allowed them to pull away with the win.

If, instead of Davis hitting a fadeaway with 55 seconds left to cut the lead to six, Curry hit a three to extend the lead to six, the arena would have crumbled.

Westbrook likes to iso on Ricky but he can't get anything but fadeaways.

Spinning over his left shoulder, he uses his 40 - inch plus vertical to rise and knock down a fadeaway jumper so pure the nearly new nylon still vibrates 20 seconds later.

He missed a bunch of baskets he would usually make, and I think he's been reverting to the fadeaway jumper much more than usual.

He seems to still have a different stroke on his mid range jumpers and fadeaways than he does on FT % and on the longer shots which he avoids.

Would he torture his defender with a crossover or a fadeaway or a spin move?

Austin took Randle to the block and hit a fadeaway, and then he went out to the perimeter and hit a pull - up three.

The ball is spun free with almost the same counterclockwise rotation of the wrist and fingers that a right - handed baseball pitcher would use in breaking off a fadeaway curve to a left - handed batter.

They're like, «Man, I wan na shoot the fadeaway.

Late in the third quarter he looked like the D - Wade of old, posting up Robert Covington before turning around and drilling a fadeaway over his outstretched arms.

Kahn also presents us with Christy Mathewson on the fadeaway, Warren Spahn on the changeup and Don Drysdale on the duster.

His clutch shots were huge for the Buckeyes and his fadeaway two with one second to go proved to be the game - winner.