Hot Hand

noun, phrase · Offense · Basic

1. The phenomenon or belief that a player who has made several shots in a row is more likely to make their next shot.

“Feed the player with the hot hand until the defense proves they can stop them.”

Synonyms: On Fire, Heater

See also: Heat Check, On One

Related: Stop, Airball, No Look, Drive, Bank

Origin

Made famous by a 1985 study by Thomas Gilovich, Robert Vallone and Amos Tversky, which called the hot hand a myth. In 2018, Joshua Miller and Adam Sanjurjo showed that study had a statistical flaw, and their reanalysis found real evidence of streak shooting.

Sources: Wikipedia: Hot hand