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lay-up shot

throw with the hand under the ball and the fingers pointing towards the basket from the beginning of 3-6 metres
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lay-up shot

Summary

lay-up shot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lay-up shot's subclass of is recorded as field goal[2].
  • lay-up shot's Commons category is recorded as Layup[3].
  • lay-up shot's sport is recorded as basketball[4].
  • lay-up shot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bb99w[5].
  • lay-up shot's facet of is recorded as basketball terminology[6].
  • lay-up shot's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as sports/layup[7].

Why It Matters

lay-up shot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). lay-up shot. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lay-up-shot
MLA “lay-up shot.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lay-up-shot.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lay-up-shot_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lay-up shot}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lay-up-shot}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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