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2. Backboard (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   In recreational environments, a backboard may be oval or a fan-shape, particularly in non-professional games. The top of the hoop is 10 feet (3.05 m) above the ground. Regulation backboards are 6 feet (1.83 m) wide by 3.5 feet (1.07 m) tall. All basketball rims (hoops) are 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter.

3. Basket (basketball) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. Basketball - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. 5 Best Portable Basketball Hoops for Driveway Showdowns - AOL

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   IE Sports Basketball Hoop Outdoor Goal. This model from IE Sports will help save you some cash while still providing solid play. Its made with a 44-inch polycarbonate backboard, which is great ...

6. Free Printable: March Madness DIY Cupcake Toppers - AOL

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   Assemble the basketball in the hoop topper: Glue one end of a wooden skewer on top of a hoop pointing toward the center, and then glue a basketball on top of the skewer to hide the end.

7. Variations of basketball - Wikipedia

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   Points are scored by playing the ball through the net, as in basketball, though the point-scoring rules are modified. The main differences from the parent sport is the court; below the padded basketball rim and backboard are four trampolines set into the floor which serve to propel players to great heights for slam dunks. The rules also permit ...

8. Outline of basketball - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

9. Look: High School Basketball Game Postponed After Hoop Collapses

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   Basketball fans have seen backboards shatter and rims bend because of vicious dunks over the years. Ramsay’s KeShawn Murphy, a 6-foot-10 three-star forward committed to Mississippi State, caught ...