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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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Basketball appeared at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis for the first time, as a demonstration sport.
There were seven different events that took place: an amateur championship, a college championship, a YMCA championship, two high school championships, and two elementary school championships. (Full article...)Selected picture
- Image 1Basketball court at the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Image 2Navy 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 4Kobe 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 5A three-point field goal by Sara Giauro during the FIBA Europe Cup Women Finals, 2005 in Naples, Italy
- Image 6Michael Jordan playing in 1992
- Image 7Streetball in Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower, 2005
- Image 9The 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 10A Kenyan college basketball team practicing, 2016
- Image 11Image from the first pool tour of the Euroleague wheelchair basketball competition, 9 March 2012
- Image 14A Mikasa basketball
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- ... that American-Israeli basketball player Bryan Cohen is the only athlete in the history of the Patriot League to win its Defensive Player of Year award three times?
- ... that the 1951 film The Basketball Fix is based on a real-life scandal involving college basketball betting?
- ... that basketball player Bol Bol received his first NCAA Division I offer at the age of 15?
- ... that Reggie Upshaw was considered one of Tennessee's best high school athletes in American football, basketball, and the high jump?
- ... that after coming back for a fifth season at Stanford, Anna Wilson won the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game with the Cardinal?
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- Image 1Initial 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 2Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Rules of basketball)
- Image 3James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (from History of basketball)
- Image 4Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith (from Rules of basketball)
- Image 6A map of all NAIA Division I basketball teams. (from College basketball)
- Image 7Australia women's national basketball team on winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship (from Women's basketball)
- 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 9NBA officials Monty McCutchen (center), Tom Washington (#49) and Brent Barnaky reviewing a play. (from Official (basketball))
- Image 10Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Basketball court)
- Image 12An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied Naismith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13 rules. (from History of basketball)
- Image 13Freshman Women's Basketball Team - 1914 (from Women's basketball)
- Image 14Arctic Sisterhood women's basketball team in Nome Alaska circa 1908 (from Women's basketball)
- Image 15A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams (from College basketball)
- Image 16Kawhi Leonard at the free throw line during Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals. (from Basketball court)
- Image 17University of California-Berkeley women's basketball team, photographed in 1899 (from Women's basketball)
- Image 18The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. (from Basketball court)
- Image 22A map of all NCAA Division II basketball teams (from College basketball)
- Image 23Map of NAIA Division II basketball teams. (from College basketball)
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1989, the teams majority owner is Glen Taylor who also owns the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. The Timberwolves play their home games at Target Center, their home since 1990.
Like most expansion teams, the Timberwolves struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Kevin Garnett in the 1995 NBA draft, the team qualified for the playoffs in eight consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2004. Despite losing in the first round in their first seven attempts, the Timberwolves won their first division championship in 2004 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals that same season. Garnett was also named the NBA Most Valuable Player for that season. The team then went into rebuilding mode for more than a decade after missing the postseason in 2005, and trading Garnett to the Boston Celtics in 2007. Garnett returned to the Timberwolves in a February 2015 trade and finished his career there, retiring in the 2016 off-season. The Timberwolves ended a 14-year playoff drought when they returned to the postseason in 2018. (Full article...)Selected list articles
- All-NBA Team
- List of Olympic medalists in basketball
- List of men's national basketball teams
- List of women's national basketball teams
- List of basketball leagues
- List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
- NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- NBA Most Improved Player Award
- NBA Coach of the Year Award
- NBA Executive of the Year Award
- NBA Lifetime Achievement Award
- List of NBA All-Stars
- List of National Basketball Association awards
- Glossary of basketball terms
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