Basketball play that might result in a wide-open dunk Crossword Clue

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Basketball play that might result in a wide-open dunk Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

WIDE-OPEN (adjective)
1. lax in enforcing laws
2. open wide
BASKETBALL (noun)
1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
2. an inflated ball used in playing basketball

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BREAKFAST

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