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trey

[tray] / treɪ /










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The Spurs inched back in front on a trey from Devin Vassell, but Curry answered with a jump shot that put them back in front 81-80 and they never trailed again.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

With the new calendar year came new, unimaginable challenges, and Redick handled every issue as if calmly sinking a game-winning trey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

Listen to what she said after that first trey drained.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024

Bradshaw set a ball screen and then got the ball back for a straight-on trey that was nothing but net.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

We came down and Nick threw up a trey that fell.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

All of them can shoot, as they made half of their 26 three-point attempts, led by Gianna Kneepkens’ four treys and team-high 19 points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026

UCLA, which boasts the best three-point percentage in the Big Ten, didn’t make any treys in the first half and didn’t hit one until Kiki Rice’s with 5:27 left in the third quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

The Thunder, who came in averaging 12.9 treys made per game, hit 20-of-44.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2023

And David Singleton, after going scoreless in the Pac-12 tournament championship game against Arizona, scored the game’s first basket and connected on three treys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Tired of it because in the end he never surfaced holding anything more potent than a pair of treys.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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