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In basketball, an air ball is an unblocked shot that misses the basket, rim and backboard entirely.

Origin

The Oxford English Dictionary cites earliest printed use of "air ball" in a 29 January 1967 article from the (Hayward, Calif.) Daily Review, which reads: "Cal State, four times lofting air balls at an orange basket that may as well have been painted invisible."

Crowd behavior and consequences

In collegiate basketball,

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