In
hockey, to score a goal. Derived from an oft-repeated line from the film, The Silence of the Lambs, as uttered by the character Buffalo
Bill: "It puts the lotion on its
skin, or else it gets the hose again. It puts the lotion in the basket."
"Jagr leads the
team in scoring, but Lemieux is no
slouch at putting the lotion in the basket either."
"Iginla breaks away, dekes
left....and puts the lotion in the basket! His 20th of the season."