basketball score

Thân thiện

The scoreboard shows the basketball score at the end of the game.

Definition

Noun: - The score in a basketball game: The total number of points accumulated by each team during a basketball match. It represents the numerical outcome of the game.

Usage

The term "basketball score" is used to refer to the specific point totals in the context of a basketball game. It is a countable noun phrase. - The final basketball score was 98 to 102. - What's the current basketball score? - He checked his phone for the latest basketball scores from around the league.

Advanced Usage

• "to keep the basketball score": To act as the official recorder of points during a game.
  • My job is to keep the basketball score for our intramural league.
• "a lopsided basketball score": A score indicating a very uneven or one-sided game.
  • The match ended with a lopsided basketball score of 45 to 120.

Variants and Related Words

• Score (noun): A more general term for the number of points achieved in any game or test.
  • The score was tied with ten seconds left.
• Box score (noun): A detailed summary of a game's statistics, including the final score, player points, rebounds, etc.
  • You can find the player's assists listed in the box score.

Synonyms

• Game total: The final sum of points in the contest.
• Point total: The aggregate number of points scored.

Related Phrases

• "to run up the score": To continue scoring points aggressively, often when already leading by a large margin.
  • Some felt the coach was unethical to run up the basketball score against the weaker team.
• "a high-scoring game": A basketball game where both teams accumulate a large number of points.
  • Fans love a high-scoring game with a basketball score in the 130s.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the score in a basketball game