basketball

Basketball is a teams port 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. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports  in the world. A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet  high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the hoop during regular play. A fieldgoal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the hoop than the threepoint, and three points  if the player is  outside  the three-point line. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time  may be issued when the game ends with a tie. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running dribbling or passing it to a teammate. It is a violation travling  to walk with the ball, carry it, or to doubledribble (to hold the ball and then resume dribbling).