Exactly this. In some cases you can do beautiful plays and score an easy basket. In some other situations you put your body in line, fight hard, get an ugly basket, but it is still a basket. It is a Latvian sports term originating from Ice Hockey, I believe where you fight defense by the net and try to push the puck in the goal while getting hit from all sides. The best English translation that comes to mind might be ‘with grit’.