A basketball player in white in red goes up for the shot as two defensive men in red jump up to block the shot.
A basketball player is trying to make a shot while two players try to block it.
"Make a shot" is a rephrasing of "goes up for the shot," the two defensive men are players, and "try to block" is a rephrasing of "block the shot."
a basketball player is trying to make a shot , but the two players on the other team try and block it
"Trying to make a shot" is a rephrasing of "goes up for the shot."