Basketball is Fun!
And Exciting
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
opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
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 player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given
one, two or
three one-point free throws. The team with
the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation
play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play
(overtime) is mandated.
Coded by Roni Willis