In basketball, an official (usually called a referee) enforces the rules and maintains order in the game. The title of official also applies to the scorers...

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...

A basketball is a spherical ball used in basketball games. Basketballs usually range in size from very small promotional items that are only a few inches...

The rules of basketball are the rules and regulations that govern the play, officiating, equipment and procedures of basketball. While many of the basic...

In basketball, traveling is a violation that occurs when a player takes too many steps without dribbling the ball. Traveling is also called, predominantly...

In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are...

3x3 basketball was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games as an official Olympic sport at 2020. On 9 June 2017, the executive board of the International...

3x3 basketball (pronounced three-ex-three) is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. According to...

Women's Basketball Rules Archived 2012-08-06 at the Wayback Machine Rule 4, Section 42, Article 3 and 4. Retrieved July 30, 2010 FIBA Official Basketball Rules...

In the sport of basketball, the bonus situation (also called the penalty situation) occurs when one team accumulates a requisite number of fouls, the number...

and EuroCup Basketball are given one challenge per game. On October 1, 2022, FIBA published a revision of its official rules of basketball adding a "head...

In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. It is the most common type of foul in...

The key, officially referred to as the free throw lane by the National Basketball Association (NBA) (and Euroleague), the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

program in 1898. Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in...

Originally, basketball was played in any type of athletic attire, ranging from track suits to football uniforms. The first official basketball uniforms,...

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States. The most recent 2023 edition...

national basketball team represents The Bahamas in international men's basketball. The Bahamas has traditionally been the dominant nation at the official Caribbean...

The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25...

The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 31 August to...

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from...

This glossary of basketball terms is a list of definitions of terms used in the game of basketball. Like any other major sport, basketball features its own...

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in...

Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts...

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seconds were replayed three times by a FIBA (International Basketball Federation) official without the authority to do so, before the Soviet Union won...

men's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing South Sudan. Its official name is South Sudan Basketball Federation. It was...

Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone...

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great...

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