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• Basketball


  A team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop
• Field goal


  • Worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three
• Free throw


  One-point shot taken after a foul
• If regulation play expires with the score tied

  An additional period of play (overtime) is mandated
• Player actions

  • Advancing the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling)
  • Passing it to a teammate
• A game similar to basketball is mentioned in a book published in Frankfurt am Main

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• James Naismith


  Canadian-American professor of physical education and instructor at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, who created basketball in 1891
• The object of the game is to outscore one's opponents by throwing the ball through the opponents' basket from above while preventing the opponents from doing so on their own
• Successful shot


  • Worth two points, or three points if it is taken from beyond the three-point arc
• Resuming play after a score


  Throw-in awarded to the non-scoring team taken from a point beyond the end line of the court where the points were scored
• Game duration


  • Four quarters of 10 (FIBA) or 12 minutes (NBA)
  • Two 20-minute halves (college men's)
  • 10-minute quarters (college women's)
  • 8-minute quarters (most US high school varsity)
• Teams exchange baskets for the second half
• Team personnel


  • Five players on the court
  • Coach
  • Assistant coaches
  • Managers
  • Statisticians
  • Doctors
  • Trainers
• Officials

  • Referee (crew chief in NBA)
  • Umpires (referees in NBA)
  • Table officials
• Basketball court


  • Flat, rectangular surface with baskets at opposite ends
• Regulation basketball court


  • 28 meters (92 feet) long and 15 meters (49 feet) wide (international)
  • 94 by 50 feet (29 by 15 meters) (NBA and NCAA)
• Basket


  • Steel rim 18 inches (46 cm) diameter with an attached net affixed to a backboard that measures 6 by 3.5 feet (1.8 by 1.1 meters)
  • Top of the rim is exactly 10 feet (3.05 meters) above the court and 4 feet (1.22 meters) inside the baseline
• Basketball size


  • For men: 29.5 inches (75 cm) in circumference, 22 oz (620 g)
  • For women: 28.5 inches (72 cm) in circumference, 20 oz (570 g)
  • For 3x3: Circumference of a size 6 ball but weight of a size 7 ball
• Ball movement

  • Shot
  • Passed between players
  • Thrown
  • Tapped
  • Rolled
  • Dribbled (bouncing the ball while running)
• The ball must stay within the court; the last team to touch the ball before it travels out of bounds forfeits possession
• Violations

  • Traveling
  • Double dribble
  • Carrying the ball
  • Returning the ball to the backcourt
• Personal foul


  An attempt to unfairly disadvantage an opponent through certain types of physical contact
• Technical foul


  Charged for various rules violations including failure to properly record a player in the scorebook, or for unsportsmanlike conduct
• Intentional/Flagrant foul


  A blatant foul involving physical contact that is either excessive or unnecessary
• Player positions

  • Point guard
  • Shooting guard
  • Small forward
  • Power forward
  • Center
• Defensive strategies

  • Zone defense
  • Man-to-man defense
• Offensive plays

  • Planned passes
  • Cuts
  • Screens
  • Pick and roll
• Shooting


  The act of attempting to score points by throwing the ball through the basket
• Rebounding


  The objective of successfully gaining possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw
• Types of rebounds

  • Offensive rebounds
  • Defensive rebounds
• Passing techniques

  • Chest pass
  • Bounce pass
  • Overhead pass
  • Outlet pass
  • No-look pass
• Dribbling


  The act of bouncing the ball continuously with one hand and is a requirement for a player to take steps with the ball
• Blocking


  Performed when a defender succeeds in altering a shot by touching the ball
• It is illegal to touch the ball after it is in the downward path of its arc (goaltending)
• It is illegal under NBA and Men's NCAA basketball to block a shot after it has touched the backboard, or when any part of the ball is directly above the rim
• Under international rules it is illegal to block a shot that is in the downward path of its arc or one that has touched the backboard until the ball has hit the rim