From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshoot hoops/basketsshoot hoops/basketsinformal to practise throwing basketballs into the basket → shoot
Examples from the Corpus
shoot hoops/baskets• Let's go out and shoot a few hoops.• I shoot baskets and I see a car coming down.• She learned to shoot baskets from her much older brothers in the driveway of their Vancouver, Washington, home.• I could not even ride a bicycle, much less shoot baskets or play tennis.• She had been shooting baskets since she was old enough to hold a ball.• I was shooting baskets with a fourth-grade boy. 