backboard

Definition

  • noun: the board behind the basket
  • noun: a board placed at or serving as the back of something

Movie quotes

  • (..) Sixty-four to fifty. A -point lead for NYC. Spencer has the ball, right side. He drives. Blows the easy layup. Rebound pulled down by Tom Russell. Banks off the backboard, up and in. Tom Russell making up for another Spencer Lewis mistake. Sixty-six to fifty. A sixteen-point lead for NYC. (..)
    1974 The Gambler