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  2. Basketball (ball) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Basket (basketball) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Portal:Basketball - Wikipedia

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    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 of the court), while preventing the ...

  5. Backboard (basketball) - Wikipedia

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    Typical professional hoop with backboard Typical privately owned basketball hoop with backboard. A backboard is a piece of basketball equipment. It is a raised vertical board with an attached basket consisting of a net suspended from a hoop.

  6. Basketball court - Wikipedia

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    A basket made from behind this arc is worth three points; a basket made from within this line, or with a player's foot touching the line, is worth 2 points. The free-throw line, where one stands while taking a foul shot, is located within the three-point arc at 15 feet from the plane of the backboard.

  7. Glossary of basketball terms - Wikipedia

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    3. The small painted square on the floor next to the basket just outside the lane. block-charge arc The painted line near the basket which marks the boundary of the restricted area (definition 2). block out. Also box out. To maintain a better rebounding position than an opposing player by widening your stance and arms and using your body as a ...

  8. Indonesian Basketball Association - Wikipedia

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    At 1955, the name was changed and adapted to the Indonesian vocabulary, become Persatuan Bola Basket Seluruh Indonesia, but still abbreviated as PERBASI. [ 1 ] Perbasi adheres to a tiered vertical system, starting from the association level, Perbasi branch administrators (pengcab), Perbasi regional administrators (pengda), up to the Perbasi ...

  9. Indonesian Basketball League - Wikipedia

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    The Indonesia Basketball League (IBL; Indonesian: Liga Bola Basket Indonesia) is the preeminent men's professional basketball league in Indonesia, founded by Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) in 2003. [1] From 2010 to 2015 it was known as the National Basketball League (NBL) and organised by DBL Indonesia. [2]