Basketball Pinball

• Launch: hold Space (or the Launch button on a phone) to pull the plunger, then let go. If you wait too long, the ball launches by itself.
• Flip: Z or the Left arrow moves the left flipper, M or the Right arrow moves the right flipper. On a phone or tablet, use the two Flip buttons under the table or tap the left or right side of the table.
• Shoot: flip the ball up the paint, the red lane under the hoop, and it jumps for a real shot at the rim. It can swish through the net, roll around the rim and drop, bounce off the rim or bank in off the glass.
• Score buckets: a bucket is worth 2,000 points. A bank shot off the backboard, an alley-oop or a bucket in 3-point mode counts as a three for 3,000 points. A swish that does not touch the rim adds 500.
• Keep it alive: you get three balls. A ball that falls between the flippers is lost, unless the green Ball Save light is still on.

• HORSE targets: hit all five letters along the left lane to raise the multiplier (up to 5x) and start multiball. Buckets score double while two balls are in play.
• 3PT targets: knock down the three targets on the right wall. Your next three buckets count as threes and a mission lights up at the OOP hole.
• Missions: shoot the lit OOP hole to start Free Throws, Fast Break, Alley-Oop Show or Buzzer Beater. Clear all four to start the Championship, a three-ball multiball where every bucket is worth 20,000 more.
• Fast Break lane: send the ball up the lane on the left side and over the top of the table for a fast break bonus.
• Shot clock: score or hit the rim within 24 seconds. A shot clock violation costs one step of your multiplier.
• Out of bounds: a wild shot can fly over the sideline or over the backboard. The referee whistles it out and inbounds the ball, and On Fire ends.
• Putback: grab your own miss and score again within a couple of seconds for a 1,000 point bonus.
• Alley-oop hole: drop the ball into the hole in the top right corner and it is lobbed toward the rim.
• On Fire: score three buckets within 12 seconds and every bucket is worth double for 15 seconds.
• Shot blocker: after your fourth bucket a defender slides under the rim, and he gets quicker as you keep scoring. Every 15 buckets in one game earns an extra ball.

The Daily Table has one rule for everybody, for example a wider rim, a faster floor or every bucket counting as a three. Only your first Daily Table game of the day counts for the daily leaderboard and your streak, and a new table starts at midnight Eastern time. Your best Classic table score goes on the all-time leaderboard. Pick a short leaderboard name under Leaderboards to post your scores. Please do not use your real name.

• Hold a flipper up to catch the ball, then let it roll toward the tip before you shoot. Shots from the tip of a flipper travel across the table.
• The hoop is in the middle, so hit the ball with the inside part of a flipper to send it straight up the paint. A medium shot is the most accurate, a very hard one can fly long.
• Do not flip both flippers at once all the time. The ball often drops right between them.
• Go for HORSE early in a ball. A higher multiplier makes every bucket and the end of ball bonus worth more.