The first thing I did after getting all of the jump balls was to find out who was the best and worst at them. Below are career totals, minimum 100 attempted, or contested? Battled? Minimum 100 jump ...

Not many players can win a tip-off against Purdue basketball giant Zach Edey. Samford University, Purdue’s season-opening opponent Monday, did not even bother to try. The 7’4″ Edey stood opposite ...

Joel Lorenzi: I want to call this the game within the game, but these teams versus this crew has been explosive for the entire game. Lakers were furious about the way that jump ball was officiated.

Steph Curry has done some magical things on the basketball court over the years. The Golden State Warriors point guard’s list of achievements does not include beating Victory Wembanyama for a jump ...

The jump ball tidbits have been lacking lately, but because of how pointless this part of an NBA game tends to be I’m not sure anyone noticed. That’s okay. I added something new where jump ball wins ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers scored a basket for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. It came directly off the tap of a jump ball. Not a game-opening jump ball, no. The kind that comes at the foul line ...