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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 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.

Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a variety of shots – the layup, the jump shot, or a dunk; on defense, they may steal the ball from a dribbler, intercept passes, or block shots; either offense or defense may collect a rebound, that is, a missed shot that bounces from rim or backboard. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. (Full article...)

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Basketball appeared at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis for the first time as a demonstration sport.

There were seven different events that took place: an amateur championship, a college championship, a YMCA championship, two high school championships, and two elementary school championships. (Full article...)

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Image 1Brice Johnson cuts down the nets after winning the 2016 ACC tournament with North Carolina
Image 2Streetball in Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower, 2005
Image 3Basketball court at the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Image 4The Laker Girls, an all-female National Basketball Association Cheerleading squad that supports the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team in home matches, performing in 2007
Image 5A Mikasa basketball
Image 6Navy Midshipmen George O’Garro rounds Army Cadet Steve Stoll in an attempt to score during the Army Navy basketball game in Alumni Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, January 31, 2004
Image 7Michael Jordan playing in 1992

Image 7Michael Jordan playing in 1992
Image 8LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics
Image 9Daniel Clark and Luka Žorić competing in 2013
Image 10A three-point field goal by Sara Giauro during the FIBA Europe Cup Women Finals, 2005 in Naples, Italy
Image 11Image from the first pool tour of the Euroleague wheelchair basketball competition, 9 March 2012
Image 12A Kenyan college basketball team practicing, 2016
Image 13Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard, stands ready to shoot a free throw during a pre-season game against the Golden State Warriors in October 2005
Image 14Carl English and Zoran Dragić competing in February 2013

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Mourning with the Miami Heat in 2007

Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who has served as vice president of player programs and development for the Miami Heat since June 2009. Mourning played most of his 15-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career for the Heat.

Nicknamed "Zo", Mourning played the center position. Following his college basketball career at Georgetown University, his tenacity on defense twice earned him the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and twice placed him on the NBA All-Defensive Team. Mourning made a comeback after undergoing a kidney transplant and later won the 2006 NBA championship with the Heat. Mourning also played for the Charlotte Hornets and New Jersey Nets. On March 30, 2009, Mourning became the first Miami Heat player to have his number retired. In 2010, Mourning was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. In August 2014, Mourning was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and in August 2019 he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame. (Full article...)

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Image 1A map of all NCAA Division II basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 2An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied Naismith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13 rules. (from History of basketball)
Image 3NBA officials Monty McCutchen (center), Tom Washington (#49) and Brent Barnaky reviewing a play. (from Official (basketball))
Image 4Basketball match in Alginet, Land of Valencia, 1956. (from Women's basketball)
Image 5Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Basketball court)
Image 6Australia women's national basketball team on winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship (from Women's basketball)
Image 7A map of all NAIA Division I basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 8A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 9Smith College's class of 1902 women's basketball team. (from Women's basketball)
Image 10Initial jump at the match for the 3rd place in the FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship Buenos Aires 2022 between Argentina and Brazil. (from Women's basketball)
Image 11The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. (from Basketball court)
Image 12Map of NAIA Division II basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 13Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith (from Rules of basketball)
Image 14Arctic Sisterhood women's basketball team in Nome Alaska circa 1908 (from Women's basketball)
Image 15Freshman Women's Basketball Team - 1914 (from Women's basketball)
Image 16A diagram of the relative positions of basketball officials in "three-person" mechanics. The lead official (L) is normally along the baseline of the court. The trail official (T) takes up a position approximately level with the top of the three-point line. The center official (C) stands across the court near the free-throw line. (from Official (basketball))
Image 17James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (from History of basketball)
Image 18A Spalding basketball from 1922 (from History of basketball)
Image 19Kawhi Leonard at the free throw line during Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals. (from Basketball court)
Image 20University of California-Berkeley women's basketball team, photographed in 1899 (from Women's basketball)
Image 21Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Rules of basketball)
Image 22The first basketball court: Springfield College (from History of basketball)
Image 23Israeli basketball player Yam Madar making a blind pass. (from Basketball moves)