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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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The FIBA Women's AmeriCup (formerly FIBA Americas Championship for Women) is the Americas Women's Basketball Championship that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Women's AmeriCup is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games.

Since FIBA organized the entire Western Hemisphere west of the Atlantic Ocean under one zone, countries from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America compete in this tournament. (Full article...)

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Image 1Daniel Clark and Luka Žorić competing in 2013
Image 2LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics
Image 3A Mikasa basketball
Image 4A three-point field goal by Sara Giauro during the FIBA Europe Cup Women Finals, 2005 in Naples, Italy
Image 5Carl English and Zoran Dragić competing in February 2013
Image 6Streetball in Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower, 2005
Image 7Brice Johnson cuts down the nets after winning the 2016 ACC tournament with North Carolina
Image 8Image from the first pool tour of the Euroleague wheelchair basketball competition, 9 March 2012
Image 9Navy 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 10Basketball court at the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Image 11A Kenyan college basketball team practicing, 2016
Image 12Kobe 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 13The 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 14Michael Jordan playing in 1992

Image 14Michael Jordan playing in 1992

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Dalipagić in Umag in 2007

Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дражен "Праја" Далипагић; born 27 November 1951) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Dalipagić was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2004, and into the FIBA Hall of Fame, also as a player, in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.

During his professional playing career, he scored at least 50 points in a game 15 times. His single-game career scoring high was 70 points scored, achieved during an Italian League game, between Venezia and Virtus Bologna, on 25 January 1987. He was nicknamed "The Sky Jumper". (Full article...)

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... that in 2006, social-justice advocate Ronnie L. Podolefsky represented six female athletes who accused their high-school basketball coach of sexual misconduct?
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... that basketball player Zach Hankins helped Ferris State win its first Division II title in 2018, being named the tournament's most valuable player?
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... that professional basketball player Daniel Dixon enrolled in military school after drawing interest from only one college during high school?

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