Fadeaway

BC went ahead 21-15 prior to the third media timeout on an off-balance fadeaway on the baseline by DeMarr Langford Jr. Langford missed the final two games of the regular season with an undisclosed illness.

Porter made nine shots, including a fadeaway in the final minutes and a couple of timely free throws, finishing with 22 points.

Disappointedly, I had to follow up to get the rejection — journalists don’t usually accept the fadeaway.

However, Napheesa Collier — this year's Defensive Player of the Year — was the favorite for a moment after the Lynx stole Game 1 in New York behind her fadeaway with 8.1 seconds to go that gave Minnesota a 95-93 win.

Instead of passing the ball out, she spun to her left and sank a fadeaway over both of them.

Loco hit a top-rope fadeaway stunner, and they were both down at 10:30.

Antetokounmpo scored in almost every way imaginable — on pick-and-rolls, fast-break dunks, fadeaway jumpers and from the foul line.

At barely 6-foot-6, he was comparatively slight to the Goliaths stalking the NBA, which only made him that much more relatable to a generation tirelessly mimicking his jackknifing, buzzer-beating, fadeaway jumpers.

I thought he had four points – all I could remember was a fadeaway shot from the left baseline and two free throws.

Not even the new fadeaway that Garza unveiled Wednesday in a 97-67 victory over North Carolina Central.

The game appeared to be all but over as the Mustangs pulled away in the fourth after Allen hit a short fadeaway and netted a free throw moments later to give Mount View a 51-42 lead with 1:30 to play.

The sight of the ball going into deep space when it gets to Diakite on the block and pounds, pounds, pounds the ball into the floor before firing off a fadeaway will haunt this Virginia team when it awaits its fate on Selection Sunday.

Williams then worked his post-game to extending the lead to 9-4 at 16:31 mark after a knocking down a fadeaway over two Georgia defenders.

And Jayson Tatum continued his dominance of the 76ers with a game-high 23 points, capped off with a fadeaway banker that he drained right in Embiid’s face.

Brunson hit a fadeaway jumper, an inside shot and a floater.

He hit a silky smooth fadeaway jumper to open his second-half ledger, then followed with a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer and a trio of free throws.

He made sure the Wolves didn’t slip after the break, knocking down a mid-range fadeaway, stealing the ball back and then swishing a pull-up 3-pointer on the other end to push the lead to 31 points early in the third quarter.