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Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport that is one of the most popular games in America. In Indiana, the passion for the sport is so high that it is called 'Hoosier Hysteria'. Every spring, followers of college basketball suffer from a mental illness known as 'March Madness'.

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About Basketball

Basketball is a team sport where 5 players take on the opposing team's 5 players in a game played on a court with two 10 foot tall hoops at each end of the court. The objective of the game is to score points by putting a round ball inside the hoop for 2 or 3 points depending on the distance at which the ball is thrown inside the hoop. The team with the most points at the end of regulation time is declared the winner.

If no winner can be determined at the end of regulation, an overtime round is played. Overtime is usually a shorter version of a regular quarter. At the end of overtime which ever team has the most points wins. A regulation NBA court is 94 feet long by 50 feet wide. It is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.

Over time, basketball strategy and techniques have evolved but more often than not, the tallest players on the team will either play the center position or one of two forward positions. These positions involve shooting the ball into the basket from short ranges or by dunking them in. The shorter players usually play the other forward position and the two guard positions.

These players use their speed and agility to dribble the ball around other players and pass the ball to the taller players or shoot it themselves. It is believed that basketball was first played in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is widely known however, that the state of Indiana has produced more basketball players and has a long tradition of organized basketball in the United States.

Some of the most famous basketball players include Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Julius Irving, LeBron James, Scottie Pippen, Steve Nash, Shaquille O'Neal, and Dwyne Wade, and Kobe Bryant.

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