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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players each (excluding substitutes), opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through a hoop (a basket mounted 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 fouled team either takes one to three free throws worth one point each, or restarts play with an inbound pass. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. If regulation play expires with the score tied, most basketball leagues mandate additional periods of play (overtime) until the score is no longer tied.

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 Fort Shaw Indian School Girls Basketball Team was made up of seven Native American students from various tribes who attended the Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School in Fort Shaw, Montana, United States. They became World Champions at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (more commonly known as the St. Louis World Fair) by defeating basketball teams from across the United States and world. (Full article...)

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Image 1LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics
Image 2Daniel Clark and Luka Žorić competing in 2013
Image 3A Kenyan college basketball team practicing, 2016
Image 4Brice Johnson cuts down the nets after winning the 2016 ACC tournament with North Carolina
Image 5A Mikasa basketball
Image 6Streetball in Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower, 2005
Image 7Carl English and Zoran Dragić competing in February 2013
Image 8Navy 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 9Basketball court at the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Image 10Image from the first pool tour of the Euroleague wheelchair basketball competition, 9 March 2012
Image 11Kobe 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 12A three-point field goal by Sara Giauro during the FIBA Europe Cup Women Finals, 2005 in Naples, Italy
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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Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дражен "Праја" Далипагић; 27 November 1951 – 25 January 2025) was a Serbian 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. Playing for Partizan, Dalipagić won two Yugoslav league titles, a Yugoslav Cup, and two Korać Cups. He is the club's all-time leading scorer with 8,278 points. In 243 appearances with the Yugoslavia national team (second most) between 1973 and 1986, Dalipagić won 12 medals (second most) including gold medals at the Olympics (1980), World Cup (1978), and EuroBasket (1973, 1975, 1977).

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 Canadian national basketball player Élodie Tessier is 3 feet 11 inches (1.19 m) tall?
... that Canadian wheelchair basketball player Sandrine Bérubé is a brown belt in karate?
... that basketball player Bol Bol received his first NCAA Division I offer at the age of 15?
... that the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, held between UConn and Notre Dame, was the first to feature two undefeated teams?
... that German wheelchair basketball player Barbara Gross plays for the University of Alabama team, which includes two other Germans?

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Image 1Basketball shot clock (from Rules of basketball)
Image 2Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Rules of basketball)
Image 3Australia women's national basketball team on winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship (from Women's basketball)
Image 4Souvenir program from the inaugural NIT showcasing the "National Championship Trophy", which was won by Temple in 1938 (from College basketball)
Image 5A 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 6Israeli basketball player Yam Madar making a blind pass. (from Basketball moves)
Image 7Initial 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 8Kawhi Leonard at the free throw line during Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals. (from Basketball court)
Image 9Different shapes of the basketball courts (from Rules of basketball)
Image 10Basketball match in Alginet, Land of Valencia, 1956. (from Women's basketball)
Image 11A basketball referee watches players closely during the WNBA Finals. (from Official (basketball))
Image 12University of California-Berkeley women's basketball team, photographed in 1899 (from Women's basketball)
Image 13A map of all NCAA Division II basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 14A Spalding basketball from 1922 (from History of basketball)
Image 15Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith (from Rules of basketball)
Image 16Map of NAIA Division II basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 17The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. (from Basketball court)
Image 18Smith College's class of 1902 women's basketball team. (from Women's basketball)
Image 19An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied Naismith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13 rules. (from History of basketball)
Image 20"Freshmen" Women's Basketball Team - 1914 (from Women's basketball)
Image 21Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Basketball court)
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 23NBA officials Monty McCutchen (center), Tom Washington (#49) and Brent Barnaky reviewing a play. (from Official (basketball))
Image 24James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (from History of basketball)
Image 25Arctic Sisterhood women's basketball team in Nome Alaska circa 1908 (from Women's basketball)
Image 26Officials and players from both teams look on as a fouled player attempts a free throw. (from Official (basketball))
Image 27A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 28A map of all NAIA Division I basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 29The gymnasium where basketball was invented in the School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College), c. 1887 (from History of 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 2026^[update], the franchise has played in the NBA playoffs 19 times in 37 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...)