Eli Assist

An assist where the pass had little to no affect on if a point was scored, yet still receives an assist.

Teammate scored & still got an assist even though you last touched the ball 10 seconds ago? Call it an Eli Assist.

Eli Assist

When someone is credited an assist even though it has been a significant amount of time has passed when they were last a part of the play.

“Dude, it was 10 seconds since you last touched the ball. How’d you get an assist still?”

“I think that’s one of those ‘Eli assists.’”