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  1. May 6, 2024 · Basketball, game played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball through the opponent’s goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net called a basket. It is the only major sport strictly of U.S. origin.

  2. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league that governs most levels of basketball in the United States. Basketball is the second most popular sport in the United States (counting amateur levels), after American football .

  3. Outline of basketball. Basketball is a ball game and team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules.

  4. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.

  5. Basketball positions with the numbers as they are known: 1–Point guard. 2–Shooting guard. 3– Small forward. 4–Power forward. 5–Center. In basketball, there are five players on court per team, each assigned to positions. Historically, these players have been assigned to positions defined by the role they play on the court, from a ...

  6. Mar 27, 2021 · First public games. The first public game of basketball was played in a YMCA gymnasium and was recorded by the Springfield Republican on March 12th, 1892. The instructors played against the ...

  7. Basketball is a team sport where one team, usually consisting of five players (unless its a 1v1 2v2 3v3 4v4 were it is 1 player verse 1 player 2 players verse 2 players 3 players verse 3 players and 4 players verse 4 players) in each team, play against each other on a rectangular court. The objective is to get the ball through a hoop mounted ...

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