Three-pointer, in basketball lingo NYT Crossword Clue
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The answer to "Three-pointer, in basketball lingo" is TREY.
In basketball slang a “trey” refers to a successful shot from beyond the three-point line — worth three points instead of two. The term likely comes from older card-game slang where “trey” means the number three, so it naturally transferred to describe the three-pointer. Players, announcers, and fans commonly call a made long-range shot a “trey,” making TREY the concise, colloquial answer to the clue.
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