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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 objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.05 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. However, if the additional period still results in a tied score, yet another additional period is mandated. This goes on until the score is not tied anymore.

Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a variety of shots – the layup, the jump shot, or a dunk; on defense, they may steal the ball from a dribbler, intercept passes, or block shots; either offense or defense may collect a rebound, that is, a missed shot that bounces from rim or backboard. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. (Full article...)

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The statue in the "atrium" in 2017)

The statue of Michael Jordan, also known as The Spirit (and sometimes referred to as Michael Jordan's Spirit), is a bronze sculpture by Omri Amrany and Julie Rotblatt-Amrany that is now located inside an extension of the United Center in the Near West Side community area of Chicago since March 1, 2017. Depicting Basketball Hall of Fame member Michael Jordan and unveiled outside the United Center on November 1, 1994, the 12-foot (3.7 m) sculpture stands atop a 5-foot (1.52 m) black granite base. The sculpture was commissioned after Jordan's initial retirement following three consecutive NBA championships and unveiled outdoors prior to the Bulls taking residence in their then new home stadium. Although not critically well received, the statue has established its own legacy as a meeting place for fans at subsequent Bulls championships and as a rallying point for Chicago Blackhawks fans. (Full article...)

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Image 1Streetball in Paris, France near the Eiffel Tower, 2005
Image 2A three-point field goal by Sara Giauro during the FIBA Europe Cup Women Finals, 2005 in Naples, Italy
Image 3A Kenyan college basketball team practicing, 2016
Image 4Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard, stands ready to shoot a free throw during a pre-season game against the Golden State Warriors in October 2005
Image 5The Laker Girls, an all-female National Basketball Association Cheerleading squad that supports the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team in home matches, performing in 2007
Image 6Daniel Clark and Luka Žorić competing in 2013
Image 7Carl English and Zoran Dragić competing in February 2013
Image 8Navy Midshipmen George O’Garro rounds Army Cadet Steve Stoll in an attempt to score during the Army Navy basketball game in Alumni Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, January 31, 2004
Image 9Image from the first pool tour of the Euroleague wheelchair basketball competition, 9 March 2012
Image 10Basketball court at the corner of Manchester Street and Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Image 11Brice Johnson cuts down the nets after winning the 2016 ACC tournament with North Carolina
Image 13A Mikasa basketball
Image 14LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics

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Walton with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977

William Theodore Walton III (November 5, 1952 – May 27, 2024) was an American basketball player and television sportscaster. He played collegiately for the UCLA Bruins and professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers, and Boston Celtics. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Walton rose to prominence in the early 1970s as UCLA's starting center for coach John Wooden. The 6-foot-11-inch (2.11 m) Walton won three consecutive national college player of the year awards (1972–1974), while leading UCLA to NCAA championships in 1972 and 1973 and an 88-game winning streak. After being selected as the first overall pick in the 1974 NBA draft, Walton led the Portland Trail Blazers to the team's first and only NBA championship in 1977, earning the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. The following season, Walton was the 1978 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). (Full article...)

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... that Anne Patzwald has worked as an occupational therapist at a clinic that employs three other current or former members of the German women's wheelchair basketball national team?
... that former Basketball Bundesliga player Dennis Tinnon worked at a slaughterhouse before he was recruited to play college basketball?
... that during his time in Slovakia to play professional basketball, J. R. Cadot was assaulted and followed to the hospital by a racist mob?
... that Canadian wheelchair basketball player Sandrine Bérubé is a brown belt in karate?
... that American-Israeli basketball player Bryan Cohen is the only athlete in the history of the Patriot League to win its Defensive Player of Year award three times?

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Image 1A diagram of the relative positions of basketball officials in "three-person" mechanics. The lead official (L) is normally along the baseline of the court. The trail official (T) takes up a position approximately level with the top of the three-point line. The center official (C) stands across the court near the free-throw line. (from Official (basketball))
Image 2University of California-Berkeley women's basketball team, photographed in 1899 (from Women's basketball)
Image 3Map of NAIA Division II basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 4Basketball match in Alginet, Land of Valencia, 1956. (from Women's basketball)
Image 5Officials and players from both teams look on as a fouled player attempts a free throw. (from Official (basketball))
Image 6Smith College's class of 1902 women's basketball team. (from Women's basketball)
Image 7Freshman Women's Basketball Team - 1914 (from Women's basketball)
Image 8Israeli basketball player Yam Madar making a blind pass. (from Basketball moves)
Image 9A map of all NCAA Division II basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 10A basketball referee watches players closely during the WNBA Finals. (from Official (basketball))
Image 11NBA officials Monty McCutchen (center), Tom Washington (#49) and Brent Barnaky reviewing a play. (from Official (basketball))
Image 12Naismith Court at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas in 2021. The Kansas Jayhawks are among the most storied and historic programs at the collegiate level, due to their ties to James Naismith, the inventor of basketball (from College basketball)
Image 13The gymnasium where basketball was invented in the School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College), c. 1887 (from History of basketball)
Image 14Initial jump at the match for the 3rd place in the FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship Buenos Aires 2022 between Argentina and Brazil. (from Women's basketball)
Image 15A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams (from College basketball)
Image 16A Spalding basketball from 1922 (from History of basketball)
Image 17Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith (from Rules of basketball)
Image 18The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. (from Basketball court)
Image 19A map of all NAIA Division I basketball teams. (from College basketball)
Image 20An illustration of a basketball game that accompanied Naismith's article from The Triangle in 1892 listing his 13 rules. (from History of basketball)
Image 21Kawhi Leonard at the free throw line during Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals. (from Basketball court)
Image 22James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. (from History of basketball)
Image 23Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Rules of basketball)
Image 24Most important terms related to the basketball court (from Basketball court)
Image 25Australia women's national basketball team on winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship (from Women's basketball)
Image 26Arctic Sisterhood women's basketball team in Nome Alaska circa 1908 (from Women's basketball)

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The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The team played its home games in the Memorial Coliseum before moving to Moda Center in 1995 (called the Rose Garden until 2013). The franchise entered the league as an expansion team in 1970, and has enjoyed a strong following: from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American major professional sports at the time. After the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008, the Trail Blazers remain as the only NBA team based in the Pacific Northwest.

The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA championship once in 1977. Their other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. The team has qualified for the playoffs in 37 seasons of their 55-season existence (through the 2024–25 season), including a streak of 21 straight appearances from 1983 through 2003, tied for the second longest streak in NBA history. The Trail Blazers' 37 playoff appearances rank fourth in the NBA only behind the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs since the team's inception in 1970. Six Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Arvydas Sabonis, and Scottie Pippen). Bill Walton is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1977, and the regular season MVP the following year. Four Blazers' rookies (Geoff Petrie, Sidney Wicks, Brandon Roy and Damian Lillard) have won the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Three players have earned the Most Improved Player award: Kevin Duckworth (1988), Zach Randolph (2004), and CJ McCollum (2016). Three Hall of Fame coaches – Lenny Wilkens, Jack Ramsay, and Rick Adelman – have patrolled the sidelines for the Blazers, and two others, Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy, have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award with the team. (Full article...)

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International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup World University Games U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-19 World Cup U-17 World Cup DBB U-18 Invitational TBF U-16 Invitational World Ranking
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 AfroCan African Games Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 CBC Championship Centrobasket U-17 U-15 COCABA Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship U-17 U-15 Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge Basketball Champions League Asia Stanković Cup East Asian Championship East Asian Games (defunct) East Asia Super League (EASL) SABA Championship SEABA Championship South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Championship West Asian Games William Jones Cup ASEAN Basketball League (defunct)
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey) Basketball Champions League (BCL)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship (defunct) U-20 (defunct) U-17 U-15 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	FIBA Intercontinental Cup Arab Basketball Championship Arab Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophone Games Mediterranean Games

International women's basketball
FIBA World Ranking Teams Olympics Youth World Cup U21 U19 U17 World University Games
Africa	AfroBasket Women U20 U18 U16
Americas	AmeriCup U20 U18 U16 Caribbean Championship U20 Centrobasket U17 U15 Central American Championship U21 South American Championship 2nd tier U21 U17 U15
Asia	Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U20 U18 U16 Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational William Jones Cup
Europe	EuroBasket Women U-20 U-18 U-16 European Championship for Small Countries
Oceania	Oceania Championship (defunct) U20 U17 U15 Melanesia Cup Polynesian Cup
Other tournaments	African Games Arab Championship Arab Games ASEAN University Games Asian Games Bolivarian Games Central Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics Mediterranean Games Micronesian Games European Games EYOF Games of the Small States of Europe Pacific Games Pan American Games Southeast Asian Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. •