A basketball hoop is read as a high, clearly marked target. A hoop out of reach reflects a goal that feels too lofty; a ball dropping through, the satisfaction of aim meeting result.
Has this come up in your dreams before? What was going on in your life then?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.