: a fake in which a player makes an upward movement to simulate starting to take a shot
… senior guard Natalie Ventress had the Mustangs fooled with a nice up-fake and right-handed layup finish.—
Hayes Clement
Hayes Clement
up-fake
verb, transitive + intransitive
Leonard later bulled his way by James to the rim, up-faked and then made a floating jumper over the Cavaliers forward.
—The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune
The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune
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“Up-fake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-fake. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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