lay-in, n. Basketball.
(ˈleɪɪn)
[f. to lay in: see *lay v.1 54 o.]
A shot made at the top of a jump, usu. by bouncing the ball off the backboard into the basket.
| 1951 Oregonian 17 Jan. iii. 2/1 Strader..dribbled at break-neck speed..to flip in a nifty lay-in shot. 1961 J. Gardner Championship Basketball v. 79 Players should not always expect to get a lay-in on the fast break. 1970 San Francisco Chron. 12 Mar. 51/8 Both teams..fighting nose to nose through the second half and two extras before two driving layins by Jeff Mullins. 1976 W. W. Bradley Life on Run vi. 82 After the lay-ins, the team starts individual warm-up shots. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. c4/2 Giddings scored on two driving lay-ins by Giddings and backdoor lay-ups by Paxson. 1992 N.Y. Times b7/5 The Nets were up by only 122–120 when Johnson drove in for what looked like an easy lay-in to tie the score. |