Basketball

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate (4)
  2. 4. Round object used in games (4)
  3. 8. Open area of grass or crops (5)
  4. 9. A person who jumps (6)
  5. 11. A game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber (8)
  6. 12. The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (7)
  7. 15. Someone who proclaims a message publicly (9)
  8. 16. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic (6)

Down

  1. 2. A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest (5)
  2. 3. Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (4)
  3. 5. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (5)
  4. 6. Flowing in drops (7)
  5. 7. Something that is a sure to occur (8)
  6. 10. Moving fast on foot (7)
  7. 13. Sport where players kick a ball into a net without using their hands (6)
  8. 14. A room in which a lawcourt sits (5)