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Aside from the court and the baskets, the basketball is the only piece of equipment necessary to play the game of basketball. During the game, the ball must be bounced continuously , thrown through the air to other players or thrown towards the basket . Therefore, the ball must be very durable and easy to hold on to.
Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is 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 (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...
Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien, oil painting by George Catlin, 1835-36 Ball sports fall within many sport categories, some sports within multiple categories, including:
The league hopes to set new standards in women’s sports with higher salaries and team equity for players. On the court, it offers fast-paced action from players on a 70-foot court.
Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points, and No. Auburn beat No. Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome.
The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith. [1] The bottom was eventually cut out of the basket, and the basket was eventually replaced with the metal rim and net. [2] [3] [4] Today there are breakaway rims.
A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer, three, or triple) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two points awarded for field goals made within the three-point line and the one point for each made free ...
FC Barcelona Bàsquet (English: FC Barcelona Basketball), commonly referred to as FC Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsəˈlonə] ⓘ) and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional basketball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.