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basketball

Team sport played on a court with baskets on either end

Concepttype of sport Olympic sport hobbyQ5372

Also known as hoops · b-ball · basket ball · BB · Basketball · basket

Instance of: type of sport
, Olympic sport
, hobby
Subclass of: ball game
, team sport
, throwing game
+1 more
Founded: December 1891

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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players each oppose one another on a rectangular court. Players compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through a hoop at each end of the court. Teams alternate between offense, and defense. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the fouled team either takes one to three free throws worth one point each, or restarts play with an inbound pass. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. If regulation play expires with the score tied, most basketball leagues mandate additional periods of play (overtime) until the score is no longer tied.

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166 statements · 9% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Unicode character: 🏀 statement is subject of: 🏀
Runtime: 56 min excluding: time-out, extra period · applies to part: game, National Basketball Association
40 min excluding: time-out, extra period · applies to part: game, International Basketball Federation
32 min excluding: time-out, extra period · applies to part: high school, game
12 min excluding: time-out, extra period · applies to part: game, 3x3 basketball
Nickname: bàsquet
Country of origin: United States
Maximum number of players: 5
Uses: basketball
basketball court
backboard
basket
Practiced by: basketball player
basketball coach
basketball official
basketball people
basketball agent
Short name: basket
Discovered by: James Naismith
Different from: netball
Competition class: men's basketball
women's basketball
Discovered: December 1891
OpenStreetMap tag: sport=basketball
Hashtag: basketball
Authority: International Basketball Federation

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