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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players each (excluding subs), 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 (3.05 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court). Teams alternate between offense, when they attempt to score, and defense, when they try to prevent the opposing side from scoring. 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. However, if the additional period still results in a tied score, yet another additional period is mandated. This goes on until the score is not tied anymore.

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 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year, is an annual college basketball award presented to the top men's basketball coach in the Big Ten Conference. The winner is selected by the Big Ten media association and conference coaches. The award was first given following the 1973–74 season to Johnny Orr of Michigan. Bill Carmody is the only coach to have received the award with a losing record. Former Purdue coach Gene Keady has won the award a record seven times. (Full article...)

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

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Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a 12-time All-Star, 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and winner of the 1964 MVP, Robertson is considered to be one of the greatest point guards of all time. In 1962, he became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season (the only player in history besides Russell Westbrook and Nikola Jokić). In the 1970–71 NBA season, he was a key player on the team that brought the Bucks their first NBA title. His playing career, especially during high school and college, was plagued by racism.

Robertson is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted in 1980 for his individual career, and in 2010 as a member of the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team and president of the National Basketball Players Association. Also in 1980, Robertson was named to the NBA 35th Anniversary Team. He was again voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) renamed their College Player of the Year Award the Oscar Robertson Trophy in his honor in 1998, and he was one of five people chosen to represent the inaugural National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class in 2006. He was ranked as the 36th best American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN. In October 2021, Robertson was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. (Full article...)

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... that former Basketball Bundesliga player Dennis Tinnon worked at a slaughterhouse before he was recruited to play college basketball?
... that after being rejected by European and Chinese teams, DeMario Mayfield began his professional basketball career in an Iraqi league?
... that Canadian wheelchair basketball player Sandrine Bérubé is a brown belt in karate?
... that German wheelchair basketball player Barbara Gross plays for the University of Alabama team, which includes two other Germans?
... that during his time in Slovakia to play professional basketball, J. R. Cadot was assaulted and followed to the hospital by a racist mob?

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Image 1A Spalding basketball from 1922 (from History of basketball)
Image 2Smith College's class of 1902 women's basketball team. (from Women's basketball)
Image 3Basketball match in Alginet, Land of Valencia, 1956. (from Women's basketball)
Image 4The gymnasium where basketball was invented in the School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College), c. 1887 (from History of basketball)
Image 5A basketball referee watches players closely during the WNBA Finals. (from Official (basketball))
Image 6Basketball shot clock (from Rules of basketball)
Image 7Australia women's national basketball team on winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship (from Women's basketball)
Image 8Arctic Sisterhood women's basketball team in Nome Alaska circa 1908 (from Women's basketball)
Image 9Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Basketball court)
Image 10Different shapes of the basketball courts (from Rules of basketball)
Image 11University of California-Berkeley women's basketball team, photographed in 1899 (from Women's basketball)
Image 12James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (from History of basketball)
Image 13A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 14A map of all NCAA Division II basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 15Initial 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 16A map of all NAIA Division I basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 17NBA officials Monty McCutchen (center), Tom Washington (#49) and Brent Barnaky reviewing a play. (from Official (basketball))
Image 18Souvenir program from the inaugural NIT showcasing the "National Championship Trophy", which was won by Temple in 1938 (from College basketball)
Image 19"Freshmen" Women's Basketball Team - 1914 (from Women's basketball)
Image 20The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. (from Basketball court)
Image 21Map of NAIA Division II basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 22Naismith Court at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas in 2021. The Kansas Jayhawks are among the most storied and historic programs at the collegiate level, due to their ties to James Naismith, the inventor of basketball (from College basketball)
Image 23An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied Naismith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13 rules. (from History of basketball)
Image 24Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Rules of basketball)
Image 25Israeli basketball player Yam Madar making a blind pass. (from Basketball moves)
Image 26Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith (from Rules of basketball)
Image 27A 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 28Kawhi Leonard at the free throw line during Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals. (from Basketball court)
Image 29Officials and players from both teams look on as a fouled player attempts a free throw. (from Official (basketball))

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The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The franchise was established in 1989 as an expansion franchise. Notable NBA stars as Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, and Dwight Howard, have played for the club throughout its history. As of 2024^[update], the franchise has played in the NBA playoffs 17 times in 35 seasons, and twice went to the NBA Finals, in 1995 and 2009, losing to the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, respectively. (Full article...)