hook shot

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A shot made by arcing the far hand upward while being positioned or moving sideways to the basket.

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• noun basketball A shot in which the offensive player, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.

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• noun a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket