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Basketball is a  sport in which two teams, generally of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the objective of shooting a basketball  through the defender's ring of 46 cm in diameter mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court while saving the opposing team from shooting through their own ring. A field goal is of two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with maximum points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an extra period of play is directed.
Let’s enrich with some of the facts of Basketball.
A physical education teacher, Canadian James Naismith from Springfield invented the game of basketball in the year 1891 when he was looking for ways to keep his gym class busy on a rainy day.

Basketball players used to play in cages of chicken wire and mesh in the early 1900s, to keep players from falling into spectator seats. Players would often get injured during the extreme games.

Two teams of 9 players made up a basketball game, later; the teams were reduced to 5 players on the court.

During a court fight between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets in 1977, forward Kermit Washington nearly fatally punched forward Rudy Tomjanovich. “The Punch,” as it has been called, dislocated Tomjanovich jaw and caused spinal fluid to leak from his brain. He recalled tasting the fluid in his mouth.

The Pacers-Piston altercation, known as the most infamous brawl in NBA history, on November 19, 2004, was a massive fight that was between both players and spectators. The NBA suspended 9 players, for a total of $11 million in lost salaries. Five fans also received criminal charges and were banned from Piston home games for life.

The first basketball rings were peach baskets with the unbroken bottom. Officials had to get the ball out after each basket. The first string nets were used in the early 1900s.

Early basketball loops were nailed to the mezzanine balcony of the court. After observers in the balcony regularly obstructed with shots, then the backboard was invented.

Soccer balls were used basketball games during the years 1891–1950s. Players would rub coal dust on their hands to grip the ball better.
The basketball record for the biggest margin of a win grabbed by Cleveland Cavaliers over the Miami Heat on December 17, 1991, when they demolished the heat.
Salt Lake City has the smallest NBA franchise.
Basketball has the maximum injuries, and the most common basketball injury is a sprained ankle. However, knee inflammation is the injury that triggers players to miss the most games.
All NBA courts are made of maple wood, which is strong and flexible, to help players jump and land safely.
These were some of the facts about Basketball.

By: Saksham Gupta
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