Ball up
Throw
Throw verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.
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More than one AI team has driven down the field in the final seconds, only to run the ball up the middle on the final play rather than kick the game-winning field goal or throw the hail mary.
Source: Video Game / Madden NFL - Taken further with Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal humans: It is postulated that our ancestral cro-magnons had more deft wrists, enabling them to throw shafted projectile weapons (IE: spears), while neanderthal hands were still only able to ball up into fists.
Source: Had to Be Sharp -
Ginóbili was cut off from receiving the ball, so Duncan just had to just turn around, take a quick dribble, and throw the ball up from the top of the key.
Source: Down to the Last Play
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Throw and Ball up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ball_up/throw
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