Vocabulary.com Basketball Championships Crossword Exercise

Basketball Championships Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle.

Clues to the 23 words for the Basketball Championships Crossword:
(Puzzles answers are at the very bottom of this page.)

3 - judged by a stringent interpretation of the rules
4 - to put on an appearance of; to invent deceptively
7 - the whole outer boundary
8 - white surface upon which the basket hoop is secured (plural)
11 - to replace a person
15 - act of breaking or infringing a law; a breach
17 - move by a player requiring a spin of the foot while on the floor
18 - name of sitting area where the players not in the game must stay
19 - exercising rule or control
21 - a rule to control conduct
DOWN:
1 - glaringly offensive; shockingly evident
2 - to serve as a referee in a game
5 - the fact of ownership
6 - to bounce the basketball in any direction
9 - credit given a player who makes a pass that leads to a score
10 - to capture the basketball after a missed shot at the basket
12 - to prevent a shot at the basket
13 - to run into a stationary player creating a penalty
14 - great in force, strength or amount
15 - conquering; triumphant; having achieved success
16 - name of person throwing the basketball at the hoop
18 - another name for a score
20 - to stuff the basketball down the hoop from above the rim

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ANSWERS across: 3 - technical, 4 - feign, 7 - perimeter, 8 - boards, 11 - substitute, 15 - violation, 17 - pivot, 18 - bench, 19 - domination, 21 - regulation
ANSWERS down: 1 - flagrant, 2 - officiate, 5 - possession, 6 - dribble, 9 - assist, 10 - rebound, 12 - block, 13 - charge, 14 - intensity, 15 - victorious, 16 - shooter, 18 - bucket, 20 - dunk
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