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。

　　Back court: 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。

　　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:讲身体挡在对手和篮板之间，以抢到更好的篮板球位置。

　　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.

　　擦板投篮：:以篮板上一点为目标投篮，以使球可以反弹或者"擦板"入篮。