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free throw

noun

, Basketball.

free throw

basketball an unimpeded shot at the basket from the free-throw line given for a technical fault (one free shot) or a foul (two free shots)

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First recorded in 1890–95

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Playing basketball with a bunch of kids got real embarrassing, real fast: Obama stands at the free-throw line, cameras rolling.

One LBJ free throw and one errant Thabo Sefolosha pass later, and suddenly the Thunder were on the ropes.

The statistics: 27 free throw attempts in the quarter for the Lakers, against nine for the Kings.

Judith couldn't see what had happened, but evidently there had been a foul, for Catherine had a free throw.

In case of a foul, a 15 foot line measured from the pin in the circle is used as a free throw line.

The Purple Five player missed the free throw, while the Cubs again scored.

Violation of a rule constitutes a foul and gives the opponents a free throw for the basket from a point fifteen feet away.

In a free throw the guard is not allowed to interfere with the ball hitting the pin.

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