Airball

The term Airball (of English. Air " air " ) is a negatively connoted term for a game situation in basketball.

As the air ball throw attempt by a player is called, in which the ball touches the basket completely missed and neither the ring nor touched the board of the backboard. The throwing of such Airballs considered by viewers and players not as an ordinary mistrial, but is commented ironically to gloat. Airballs basketball come in major professional in litters from behind the three -point line before.

The long-time commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers, Chick Hearn is commonly attributed to have made the phrase popular.