Basketball: A Ball, a Hoop, and Two Teams

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Text to type: Basketball is a team sport. Two teams play in one game. Each team has five players on the court. The court is the floor where they play. The two teams share one ball. Players bounce the ball, pass the ball, and run with it. Each team tries to shoot the ball through a hoop. A hoop is a basket on a backboard. The backboard is a flat board behind the basket. The ball goes down through the hoop, and the team is happy.

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Text to type: Teams win with points. A shot that goes through the hoop is a field goal. A field goal is worth two points. There is a big line on the court. It is the three-point line. A shot from behind this line is worth three points. So a close shot gives two points, and a far shot gives three points. The team with more points at the end wins the game. Points make the game fast and fun to watch.

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Text to type: Basketball has a maker. His name was James Naismith. He was a gym teacher. He made basketball in 1891. He made it in Springfield, a city in Massachusetts. The first game was on December 21, 1891. That was in winter. A gym is warm and dry in winter, so a ball game inside a gym was a good idea. Many school gyms today still have a hoop on each wall. A school gym in Japan often has them too.

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Text to type: Many people play basketball for fun. Some people play in a big league. A league is a group of teams that play each other. The National Basketball Association is a big basketball league. People call it the NBA. NBA games are on TV in many countries. Fans watch the best players run, jump, and shoot. The NBA is one big reason people all over the world know basketball.

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Text to type: Michael Jordan is a famous basketball player. His full name is Michael Jeffrey Jordan. People also call him MJ. He was born on February 17, 1963. He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003. He played for the Chicago Bulls. He won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. In the 1995-96 season, the Chicago Bulls had 72 regular-season wins. That was a record at that time. He jumped very high, so fans called him Air Jordan and His Airness.

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Text to type: Basketball is easy to start. You need one ball and one hoop. You do not need a big field. A small park court or a school gym is enough. You can play with one friend or with ten friends. The game is fast. The ball moves up and down the court all the time. Points come often, so there is always something to see. Players jump, run, and pass. For many people, this is why basketball is fun to play and fun to watch.

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