Do you love basketball? Want to watch NBA games in English and talk about the game with your English-speaking friends? Watch this vocabulary lesson to learn about some of the basic words used in basketball, like hoop, backboard, shoot, lay-up, and slam dunk. I’ll also show you how some of these words are used in other, everyday situations as well. Have fun with sports and English. Note: there is a small spelling mistake in Larry O’Brien’s name in the lesson. It is spelled with an ‘e’. www.engvid.com/learn-english-...
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In this video:
00:00 basketball vocabulary
00:46 court
00:54 arena & stadium
01:15 sidelines
01:40 3-point line
02:24 guards, forwards, center, coach, referees
03:09 basket, backboard, hoop, net
03:39 4 quarters & overtime
04:26 out of bounds
05:17 3-point line
05:19 free throw line
05:54 key
06:23 pass & shoot
06:31 dribble
06:54 turnover
07:02 foul
07:21 eject
07:51 assist
08:08 steal
08:14 rebound
08:36 slam dunk
09:36 lay up
10:22 playoffs
10:30 Larry O'Brien Trophy