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"Assist" is usually a verb, synonym of "help." Sports reporters have started using it sometimes as a noun. In Basketball, for example, say Player A has the ball and his teammate Player B is moving into good position to make a shot. Player A passes the ball at the right time to Player B who then scores. Player B made the goal with an assist from Player A.

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2015-08-01 07:43:26

An assist is a statistic used in sport to quantify the act of helping another player without having scored a point or a goal.

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