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Typical professional hoop (left) with backboard (right) The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith. [1] The bottom was eventually cut out of the basket, and the basket was eventually replaced with the metal rim ...
Basketball is a ball game and team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Since being developed by James Naismith as a non-contact game that almost anyone can play, basketball has undergone many different rule variations ...
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are almost always made of polished wood , usually maple , with 10 feet (3.048 m)-high rims on each basket.
Dickson Jensen, one of the Des Moines Register's People to Watch in 2024, is building what he envisions as a national basketball destination in Waukee.
Contrast help side. banana cut. Also called a "C" cut. A wide, curving cut, as opposed to a cut that is a straight line. bank shot A shot that hits the backboard before hitting the rim or going through the net. baseball pass Passing the basketball using an overhand throw with one hand similar to a baseball pitch. baseline. Also called the end line.
What fans, players and coaches of the Millbury High boys’ and girls’ basketball teams wanted Wednesday was a sweep of a playoff doubleheader. Despite some tense moments, both programs delivered.
Olympic pictogram for basketball. 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 ...
This smart basketball hoop has a screen on the backboard!