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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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Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. It is widely considered one of the greatest records in the sport's history. Chamberlain set five other league records that game, including most free throws made, a notable achievement, as he was regarded as a poor free throw shooter. The teams broke the record for most combined points in a game (316).

That season, Chamberlain averaged a single-season record 50.4 points per game, and he broke the NBA single-game scoring record (71) earlier in the season in December with 78 points. The third-year center had already set season scoring records in his first two seasons. During the fourth quarter, the Knicks began fouling other players to keep the ball away from Chamberlain, and they also became deliberate on offense to reduce the number of possessions for Philadelphia. The Warriors countered by committing fouls of their own to get the ball back. (Full article...)

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Image 1A Mikasa basketball
Image 2A three-point field goal by Sara Giauro during the FIBA Europe Cup Women Finals, 2005 in Naples, Italy
Image 3Navy 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 4Image from the first pool tour of the Euroleague wheelchair basketball competition, 9 March 2012
Image 5Streetball in Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower, 2005
Image 6Brice Johnson cuts down the nets after winning the 2016 ACC tournament with North Carolina
Image 7A Kenyan college basketball team practicing, 2016
Image 8Carl English and Zoran Dragić competing in February 2013
Image 9LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics
Image 10Kobe 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 11Basketball court at the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Image 12The 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 13Michael Jordan playing in 1992

Image 13Michael Jordan playing in 1992
Image 14Daniel Clark and Luka Žorić competing in 2013

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Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (/ʃəˈkiːl/ shə-KEEL; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as Shaq (/ʃæk/ SHAK), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. He is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time.

After playing college basketball for the LSU Tigers, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He quickly became one of the best centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992–93 and leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Amid a feud between O'Neal and his teammate Kobe Bryant, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004, and his fourth NBA championship followed in 2006. Midway through the 2007–2008 season he was traded to the Phoenix Suns. After a season-and-a-half with the Suns, O'Neal was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2009–10 season. O'Neal played for the Boston Celtics in the 2010–11 season before retiring. (Full article...)

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... that the 1951 film The Basketball Fix is based on a real-life scandal involving college basketball betting?
... that the first NCAA Basketball Championship Game was attended by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball?
... that the UConn student body voted 169–7 to fire the basketball coach after he benched Harrison Fitch because a rival team refused to play against an African American?
... that LaVon Mercer, who was homeless as a teenager, played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for 14 years and was its 1980–81 season MVP?
... that LaVon Mercer, who was homeless as a teenager, played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for 14 years and was its 1980–81 season MVP?

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Image 1The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. (from Basketball court)
Image 2Israeli basketball player Yam Madar making a blind pass. (from Basketball moves)
Image 3A Spalding basketball from 1922 (from History of basketball)
Image 4NBA officials Monty McCutchen (center), Tom Washington (#49) and Brent Barnaky reviewing a play. (from Official (basketball))
Image 5An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied Naismith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13 rules. (from History of basketball)
Image 6Arctic Sisterhood women's basketball team in Nome Alaska circa 1908 (from Women's basketball)
Image 7The first basketball court: Springfield College (from History of basketball)
Image 8University of California-Berkeley women's basketball team, photographed in 1899 (from Women's basketball)
Image 9A map of all NAIA Division I basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 10A 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 11A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 12Basketball match in Alginet, Land of Valencia, 1956. (from Women's basketball)
Image 13Australia women's national basketball team on winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship (from Women's basketball)
Image 14James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (from History of basketball)
Image 15Freshman Women's Basketball Team - 1914 (from Women's basketball)
Image 16Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Basketball court)
Image 17Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Rules of basketball)
Image 18Map of NAIA Division II basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 19A map of all NCAA Division II basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 20Smith College's class of 1902 women's basketball team. (from Women's basketball)
Image 21Initial 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 22Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith (from Rules of basketball)
Image 23Kawhi Leonard at the free throw line during Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals. (from Basketball court)