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(basketball) A violation which occurs when a player interferes with the movement of the ball that is on its downward path toward the basket or on or within the rim of the basket, or after the ball touched the backboard..
Use goaltending when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Goaltending means (basketball) A violation which occurs when a player interferes with the movement of the ball that is on its downward path toward the basket or on or within the rim of the basket, or after the ball touched the backboard..
Common synonyms include goalkeeping, netminding.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use goaltending where its definition matches the intended context.
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