
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposite or fighting against) one another on a rectangularcourt, fight against the first or most important)goal of shooting a basketball about 9.4 inches24 cm in distance or line from one edge of something, through its center, to the other edge through the defender‘s hoop a basket 18 inches 46 cm in distance or line from one edge of something, through its center, to the other edge mounted 10 feet 3.048 m high to a backboard ateach end of the court while preventing theopposite or fighting against team from shootingthrough their own hoop. A field goal is worth twopoints, unless made from behind the threepointline, when it is worth three. After a foul, timedplay stops and the player fouled orselected/named to shoot a technical foul is givenone or more one-point free throws. The teamwith the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an added period of play overtime is ordered.