P-I-G

Variant of H-O-R-S-E, a basketball game for a small group of players. No player is allowed to defend.

The object is to avoid acquiring the five letters in the word "horse". With two players competing, player #1 is allowed to shoot from anywhere on or off the court and, if he makes the shot, then player #2 must duplicate the same shot from the same position. If player #2 misses, he receives the first "letter" from the word "horse" (in this case - an "H"). However, if player #1 misses his original shot; then player #2 is now free to shoot from anywhere on the court and, hopefully, force player #1 to try and duplicate his made shots. A player is knocked out of the game once he has enough letters to spell out the word "horse." If the last shot spells horse the shooting player gets a last chance shot after the first miss. The game is essentially the same with three or more players, all players must duplicate the made shot until it returns to the player that made the shot. -- Wikipedia