Basketball is played in Britain mainly indoors by both men and women.

Basketball is played in Britain mainly indoors by both men and women.

Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop mounted to a backboard at each end. Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.

Rules

The object of the game is to outscore one's opponents by throwing the ball through the opponents' basket from above while preventing the opponents from doing so on their own.

A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the basket than the three-point line, and three points if the player is behind the three-point line. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a draw. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running or throwing it to a team mate. It is a violation to move without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. Violations are called "fouls".

As well as many techniques for shooting, passing, dribbling and rebounding, basketball has specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures (player positioning). Typically, the tallest members of a team will play "center", "power forward" or "small forward" positions, while shorter players or those who possess the best ball handling skills and speed play "point guard" or "shooting guard".

Equipment

The only essential equipment in a basketball game is the ball and the court: a flat, rectangular surface with baskets at opposite ends. Competitive levels require the use of more equipment such as clocks, score sheets, scoreboard(s), alternating possession arrows, and whistle-operated stop-clock systems.

Positions

Although the rules do not specify any positions whatsoever, they have evolved as part of basketball. During the first five decades of basketball's evolution, one guard, two forwards, and two centers or two guards, two forwards, and one center were used. Since the 1980s, more specific positions have evolved, namely:

Point guard: usually the fastest player on the team, organizes the team's offense by controlling the ball.

Shooting guard: creates a high volume of shots on offense, mainly long-ranged; and guards the opponent's best perimeter player on defense.

Small forward: often primarily responsible for scoring points via cuts to the basket and dribble penetration; on defense seeks rebounds and steals, but sometimes plays more actively.

Power forward: plays offensively often with their back to the basket; on defense, plays under the basket (in a zone defense) or against the opposing power forward (in man-to-man defense).

Center: uses height and size to score (on offense), to protect the basket closely (on defense).

Players
There are many famous basketball players from Britain. Such as: JoelFreeland, Nana Papa Yaw Dwene “Pops” Mensah-Bonsu, Luol Michael Deng, Ben Gordon, John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, Ndudi Hamani Ebi.

There is alsoThe GreatBritainmen'snationalbasketballteam, known as GreatBritain or GB, is the national team for Great Britain in basketball. The current team has two NBA players; Chicago Bulls' forward Luol Deng, the first British player to play in an NBA All-Star Game, and Joel Freeland of the Portland Trail Blazers.

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