broken play

noun

, Football.

an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.

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During the pandemic shutdown, someone gave him a broken play structure for his children.

Offensive rhythm and execution were hard to come by all night for the Lakers, and even James’s game-deciding moment was the result of a broken play.

Even then, though, they’ve still been vulnerable to the type of fire alarm chaos that takes over when an offense gets lucky on a broken play.

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