Air ball: Sarcastic term to describe a shot that doesn't touch the rim.

　　三不粘:用来讽刺不粘篮筐的投篮。

　　Alley-oop pass: A pass thrown to a player who is running toward the basket. The second player leaps. catches the ball in midair. and dunks it or lays it in before he lands.

　　空中接力传球:把球传给正在跑向篮筐的球员。第二个球员跳跃，在空中接住球，在他落地前扣篮或者上篮。

　　Assist: A pass that leads directly to a basket.

　　助功：能直接得分的传球。

　　Backcourt: A team's defensive half of the court. As it refers to players. a team's guards.

　　后场:球场上球队防守的部分。如果指球员的话，指球队里的后卫。

　　Backdoor play: A fundamental basketball play in which one player passes to a teammate in the high post. and when the defenders follow the ball. another player cuts to the basket from the opposite side of the court to take a pass for an open shot.

　　溜底线或背切打法:最基本的篮球打法——球员传球给站在高位的队友，当防守队员跟球后，另一个队员从球场的另一边切到球以寻找投球空位。

　　Bank shot: A shot that is aimed at a spot on the backboard so that it caroms. or "banks." into the basket.

　　擦板入蓝:以篮板上一点为目标投篮，以使球可以反弹，或者"擦板"进入篮筐里。

　　Baseline: The line at each end of the court. under each basket. Also: endline.

　　底线:在球场两头每个篮筐下面的线。

　　Bench: Reserves.

　　替补队员席:指全体替补队员。

　　Bounce pass: A pass thrown by a player to a teammate that bounces on the floor.

　　击地传球:一名球员将球击地传给队友。

　　Box out: Use your body to stay between an opponent and the basket and thus get into better position for a rebound.

　　抢位挡人:用身体挡在对于和篮板之间，以找到一个更好的篮板球位置。

　　Brick: A hard. errant shot that caroms wildly off the basket or backboard.

　　打板:过于用力，导致弹出篮筐或篮板的失误的投篮。

　　Bunny: An open. uncontested shot. usually a layup or dunk. Also: snowbird.

　　突破上篮:空位，没有防守的投篮，通常是灌篮或扣篮。

　　Bury: Sink (a shot). as in "bury a jumper."

　　命中:投篮命中。

　　Charging: A violation in which an offensive player runs into a stationary opponent.

　　撞人犯规:进攻队员撞到没有动作的对于的违例情况。

　　Chucker: A player who never met a shot he didn't like.

　　投手:从没碰到不舒服的投篮位置的球员。

　　Coast-to-coast: From one end of the court to the other.

　　从前场到后场:从球场的一端到另一端。

　　Collective Bargaining Agreement: The agreement between the NBA and the Players Association that governs all terms and conditions of employment of NBA players by NBA teams.

　　NBA劳资协议 :NBA和球员协会签订的协议，包括了所有的NBA球队中的NBA球员雇佣的条约和条件。

　　Cut: A quick move by an offensive player, usually toward the basket, to get in position for a shot.

　　切入:防守队员快速跑动，通常是跑向篮筐，以得投球位置。

　　Dead-ball foul: A foul committed while the clock is stopped and the ball is not in play.

　　死球犯规:指当24秒己到时，球还没开始投出。

　　Deny the ball: Prevent an opponent from getting the ball by guarding him closely and staying between him and the player in possession of the ball.

　　绕前防守:球员得球时防止对手通过近身防守得球或挡在他中间。

　　Double dribble: A violation in which a player dribbles the ball, stops, then begins to dribble again.

　　两次运球:球员运球，停止，接着叉开始二次运球为犯规。

　　Double-team: The defensive tactic of two players guarding one.

　　两人防守:二打一的防守战术。

　　Downtown: Far from the basket, often synonymous with beyond the three-point arc.

　　中场:距篮筐较远的地方，通常意味着三分线之外的地方。

　　Draft: The annual selection process by which NBA teams select players from the colleges and elsewhere. Dribble: Bounce the ball.

　　新秀选拔:每年一次NBA球队会从大学或其他地区选拔球员。

　　Dunk: A shot thrown downward through the basket, with one or two hands. Also: slam, slam-dunk, jam.

　　运球:拍球。

　　Fast break: A play in which a team gains possession and then pushes the ball downcourt quickly, hoping to get a good shot off before the other team has a chance to get back and set up on defense.

　　灌篮:直接穿透篮筐的投球，可以一只手或两只手。

　　Field goal: A basket, worth either two or three points, depending on whether it was taken from inside or outside the three-point line (set at 22 feet from the basket).

　　快攻:球队控球时的一种打法。控球后把球迅速传回后半场，希望在另一队回防前能得到一次好的投球机会，然后重新防守。

　　Flagrant foul: Unnecessary and/or excessive contact committed against an opponent.

　　投篮命中:两分或三分球，取决于是在三分线以内还是以外投篮距离篮筐(三分线22英尺)。

　　Foul: A violation. Usually, illegal contact between two players.

　　恶意犯规:与对于不必要的或者过度接触。

　　Foul trouble: When a player is nearing the limit for personal fouls before he is ejected from the game, or a team is nearing the limit in each period after which all fouls become shooting fouls.

　　犯规:违例。通常指两球员间非法接触。

　　Free agent: A player not under contract to any NBA team because his contract has expired or was terminated by his team in accordance with NBA waiver procedures, or because he was eligible for an NBA Draft and was never signed to an NBA contract.

　　犯规麻烦:指一个球员个人犯规次数快要达到底限而快要不能继续比赛，或者指每一节中球队所有犯规都变成打于犯规，球队'快要面临底限。

　　Free throw: An uncontested shot from 15 feet, worth one point. A player who is fouled while in the act of shooting receives two free throws. Also: foul shot.

　　自由人:没有与任何NBA球队签约的球员，因为他的合约已经到期或者由于球队为了与NBA豁免流程相一致而被球队终止比赛，或者因为他可能在NBA选秀中被选上，也可能再也不与NBA签约。

　　Frontcourt: A team's offensive half of the court. As it refers to players, a team's center and forwards.

　　罚球:距篮筐15英尺罚球线的无竞争的投篮，值一分。当球员阻止二分技篮犯规时会被两次罚球。

　　Give-and-go: A fundamental play in which one player passes to a teammate, then cuts to the basket to receive a return pass for an open layupor dunk.

　　前场:球队进攻的半场。同样的也指队里的中锋和前锋。

　　Goaltending: A violation in which a player interferes with a shot while the ball is on its downward arc, pins it against the backboard or touches it while it is in an imaginary cylinder above the basket; may be committed by either an offensive or defensive player.

　　传切战术:一种最基本的战术。指一名球员将球传给队友，接着切入篮球来获得空位回传或是灌篮的机会。

　　Gunner: A frequent shooter.

　　干扰投篮得分:违例。指当球在后半场时球员干扰投球，不让球靠近篮板，或者当球在篮筐上方时触碰到球;进攻队员和防守队员都可能因此被罚。

　　Hand-checking: A violation in which a defender uses his hand to impede a player's progress.

　　打手犯规:违例。指防守队员用于阻挡球员运球。

　　Hang time: The amount of time a player can stay in the air while attempting a shot.

　　腾空时间:指球员在投球时在空中停留的时间。

　　High post: The area around the free throw circle.

　　高位:罚球弧附近。

　　Hook shot: A shot taken with a sweeping, hooking motion. May be taken stationary or while running.

　　勾手投篮:指下摆，勾手动作的投篮。可能是站着投也可能是跑着投。

　　Hoop: Basket or rim. Also slang for playing basketball.

　　篮圈:篮筐或架子。同样也是打篮球的俚语。

　　J: jump shot.

　　跳球:当双方球队的球员得到同步控球，裁判喊停。在球队重新部署后，他把球传到两个准备传球的球员中间。

　　Jump ball: When players from opposing teams gain simultaneous possession of the ball, the referee stops play. After the teams are realigned, he tosses the ball up between those two players, who attempt to tap it to a teammate.

　　勾手跳投:起跳时的勾子投球，因为很难防守，所以在个子高的球员中特别流行。

　　Jump hook: A hook shot taken while jumping, popular among big men because it is difficult to block.

　　跳投:球员跳起后在空中的投篮。

　　Jump shot: A shot taken after a player jumps in the air.

　　罚球区:每个篮筐附近在投篮线和底线内的划线区域，在球员罚球线外。同时也称做钥匙，因为早期通道都是钥匙形状的，经过两次拓宽以后才变成现在的长方形。