An alley oop is a play in Basketball where one player passes the ball to another who catches it while airborne, and who dunks it or lays it up before landing.
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The official types of shots involved in basketball are the mid-range shot, the layup, the three-pointer, the dunk, the alley-oop, the free-throw, and the half-court shot. Those are the official shots, but there are some other slang terms.
The phrase 'up your alley' means that it is something that you like or might be good at. For instance, a good athlete may find football up his alley.
I believe the first ally oop play occured in 1945 during a game between Savannah, Tn., and Selmer Tn. high schools. Can anyone recall an earlier instance? Jack ParrishAnswerit was it 1902 by me Sean chase former minneanapolis lakers star
Gene Alley debuted on September 4, 1963 and played his final game on September 27, 1973.