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What Is The Definition Of Bucket?
1. This is a slang term that is used for when a basketball player makes a field goal or basket. A bucket, or basket, is when the ball successfully goes through the hoop for points. If a player makes a bucket inside the three-point line, it is worth two points. When a players makes a bucket outside the three-point line, it is worth three points.
Examples Of How Bucket Is Used In Commentary
1. Curry has been knocking down buckets from all over the tonight, making 12 baskets so for on the night on 24 shots.
SportsLingo Goes The Extra-Inch With The Meaning Of Buckets
Although it’s not clear on when the term bucket was first used to describe a made basket, it is a term that is universally accepted to describe a made field goal.
A bucket is counted any time a player scores, whether it is a two-point or three-point field goal. Although Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the all-time scoring leader in the NBA, many consider Michael Jordan to be the best scorer in the history of the NBA.
Sport The Term Is Used
1. Basketball
Also Known As:
1. Basket
