Introduction to Basketball

  • Basketball is a game that was said to be created by James Naismith in 1891 (history.com)

  • Basketball is a game that first started with 9 people on both teams and they tried to throw a soccer ball into a peach basket (history.com)

  • In present times, basketball is now played as a 5 vs 5 game where players try to make a basketball into a stationary basketball hoop and whoever ends the game with the most points wins
  • modern day NBA(National Basketball Association) courts are configured as the photo shows
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