Basketball datum
I believe the answer is:
assist
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">basketball datum</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for assist that I've seen before include "Help, lend a hand" , "Serve" , "Be useful to" , "Give a hand to" , "Work with N help" .)