Palming: A violation¹ in which a player moves his hand under the ball and scoops² it while dribbling³. Also: carrying the ball.

加罚状态:当球队每节犯规四次以上，接下来的犯规都会成为打手犯规。同时也称为:每节超过四次犯规。

Penalty situation: When a team has committed more than its allotted⁴ four fouls⁶ per quarter and thus each subsequent foul⁵ becomes a shooting foul. Also: Over the limit.

抢位:进攻队员站好固定位置给队友投球机会，防止防守队员防住投手。如果这个"挡拆"的球员不是站着不动的，并且与防守队员发生接触，这样就是进攻犯规，并且他的球队失去控球权。

Pick: When an offensive player frees a teammate for a shot by establishing a stationary⁷ position that prevents a defensive⁸ player from guarding the shooter. If the player who is "setting a pick" is not stationary and contact is made with a defender⁹, it is an offensive foul and his team loses possession of the ball. Also: screen.

挡拆:进攻队员抢位后，接着跑到篮筐下，然后从队友那接过来传球得到投球空位。

Pivot¹⁰: The area near the basket, generally where the center operates, or the act of changing directions, by keeping one foot planted on the ground while stepping in one or more directions with the other foot.

篮底或篮下:篮筐附近区域，通常是中锋打球的位置，或者是通过一只脚固定在地面，用另一只脚改变一个或更多方向。

Player-control foul: An offensive foul that is committed not when a player is shooting, but just when his team is in control of the ball.

犯规时非正在投球:当球员正在投球，但是恰好该队正在控球的进攻犯规。控球后卫:通常是指球队主要的控球手，并且组织球队进攻。

Point guard: Usually a team's primary ballhandler and the man who sets up the team's offense¹¹.

大前锋:每队两个前锋中的更高大的那个，职责包括抢篮板和得分。

Pump fake: A fake in which a player motions as if he is going to shoot the ball but holds back, hoping his defender will jump out of position.

假动作:可能他看起来要投球但是却把球收回来，这样希望防守他的队员可以跳出自己的位置，一种假象。

Quadruple-double: An extremely rare (it's only happened four times in NBA history) achievement in which a player accumulates doubles figures in four of the following categories in the same game: points, rebounds¹², assists, steals and blocked shots.

四双:极少见的成绩，在NBA历史上只发生过四次。是指球员在下面这些情况中有四项积分都是两位数:得分，篮板，助功，抢断和盖帽。

Rejection¹³: A blocked shot.

抢篮板:聚集到篮下，投篮未中后抢控球权;收回未中的投篮球权。

Sag¹⁴: A defensive tactic¹⁵ in which a player drops off his man to help double-team a player in the pivot.

协防:一种防守战术。球员放弃自己防守的队员来帮助在中线的队友。

Salary Cap: Common term for Maximum Team Salary, the maximum amount each team may pay in salaries during an NBA season, as per teams of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

工资上限:常见的球队工资上限——即在NBA赛季时每支球队的最大工资总额。像每支球队的工资条款中所列明的一样。

Set shot: A shot taken while a player has both feet on the floor in a set position. Common in basketball's early years, it is now all but extinct, having given way to the harder-to-block jump shot.

定点投篮:指球员两脚着地以一种固定姿势投篮。通常是在篮球的早期，现在几乎没有，早已败给不容易被盖帽的跳投。

Sixth man: A team' s primary reserve, the first substitute to enter a game.

第六人:球队最重要的后备，参加比赛的第一替补。

Sky-hook: A hook shot in which the ball is released while the shooter's hand is at the top of the arc; used most effectively by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA' s all-time career scoring leader.

大勾手:指当投于的子在句于投篮的最高点时;在卡里姆·阿卡杜·贾巴尔身上用的最多，他被公认为是NBA球坛上得分领袖。

Skywalk: The ability to move laterally¹⁶ while in the air.

天空漫步:在空中时能横向移动。

Steal: To take the ball away from the opposing team, either off the dribble¹⁷ or by picking off a pass.

抢断:把球从对方球队中抢走，或者在运球时抢断或者再传球时抢断。

Switch: When teammates exchange defensive assignments during play.

交换:队员们在比赛中交换防守位置。

Technical foul: The penalty for a violation of conduct, such as abusive language or fighting. Each technical foul awards a free throw to the opposing team and also means an automatic fine for the player who commits the violation.

技术犯规:对于例如粗话、打架等违例的行为的惩罚。每个技术犯规会给对方球队带来一个罚球，同时对那个犯规的球员也必然意味着惩罚。

Three-point shot: A field goal worth three points, taken from beyond an arc that is 22 feet from the basket.

三分球:距篮筐22英尺(约合6.7米)的地方，边线外技中的球值三分。

Three-second violation: An offensive player may not stand in the lane for three seconds.

三秒违例:进攻球员在禁区内不允许停留三秒。