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Basketball
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Ball game between two teams of five players on an indoor enclosed
court. The object is, via a series of passing moves, to throw the large
inflated ball through a circular hoop and net positioned at each end of the
court, 3.05 m/10 ft above the ground. The first world championship for men
was held 1 ....
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....h lasting 12 minutes. Under some
rules the team with possession of the ball must shoot within a certain time
period: 24 seconds in professional games.
History
Basketball was invented by James Naismith, a Canadian, who was a
physical education instructor at what is now Springfield College
(Massachusetts). The first game was played 1891, and the first formal rules
were set out 1892. It rapidly became popular, especially in the E USA, and
the first college and professional games were play.... |
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