ability, accusation, active, advantage, aggressive, alternate, announcement, assist, assistance, athlete, athletics, attempt, attendance, attraction, averages
balance, ball, basketball, battle, benefit, berth, best, body, bones, bounce, breath, breathe, buzzer
captivate, cardiovascular, center, champion, championship, charisma, clinch, clutch, coach, collapse, competition, conditioning, conference, consecutive, contract, coordination, courage, critical, crucial
deadline, defeat, defend, defense, defensive, deficit, diet, disease, distraction, division(al), doctor, dribble, drive, drop, drugs, dynamic
elimination, emphasize, endurance, energy, errors, exalt(ation), exciting, exemplary, exemption, exercise
fan(s), favorite, finalist, firepower, fit, flex, force(s), foul, framework, free throw, fumble, function
games, goal, goodwill, grip, gymnasium
hamstring, happenstance, health, healthy, high-stakes, hone, hoops, host, hurt, hygiene, hygienic
imagination, individual, infection, injury, interception, interpretation, invalidate
jargon, judgment, jump
keen, keep, key, kindred, klutz
leader, league, legend, lopsided, lose, losing, loss, lucky, lumbar
magic, manager, margin, massage, maximize, measure, medication, memory, metabolic, minimize, miss, moisture, monitor, motivate, motivation, muscles
national, nemesis, normalcy
offensive, official, opportunity, opt, optimism, option, outbreak, outstanding
panic, participation, penalties, percentage, performance, period, perspiration, pessimism, petrify, physiotherapy, pick, player(s), playoff spot, points, position(ing), positive, possession, postseason, potent, power, practice, pressure, prevention, professional, program, promising, protect, protection, public
quads, query, question, quick, quiver
rank(ing), rarity, rebound, recognition, record, recovery, recruit, regional, regular, regulation(s), rehabilitation, relax, replace, representative, reserve, resilient, resistance, restriction, risk, role, routine, rush, rusty
sanitary, satisfaction, save, scare, scheme, scholarship, score(s), scoreboard, scoring, season, sensible, shape up, shot, shut-out, size, skid, skill, slump, sole, solo, soreness, speculation, spirit, sport(s), sportsmanship, squat, stability, stamina, standing(s), starter, statistics, strain, strategy, streak, strength, stretch(ing), stride, strong, superstition, support, supremacy, suspension, symptoms
team, teammate, technical, terror, test(ing), therapeutic, therapy, three-pointer, time, timeout, timing, tone, torso, tournament, trail, trainer, training, transform(ation), tremors, trot, turnover(s)
unbelievable, uniform, unique, unrestricted, unusual
valiant, valor, vibration, victory, violation, votes
waive, warm up, watchful, weigh, weights, win, wince, winless, winning, wisdom, work, workout, wrist
x-rays
yelling, youth
zeal, zest
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