set shot

noun

: a two-handed shot in basketball taken from a stationary position

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Her inside game is close to unstoppable, supplemented with a one-legged midrange fadeaway and an improved set shot beyond the arc. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Players typically played beneath, not above, the rim, and the two-handed set shot and layups were more common than the gravity-defying moves displayed by today's players. — Alan Morrell, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022

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First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of set shot was in 1937

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“Set shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20shot. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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