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338 relations: ABA–NBA merger, Adolph Rupp, Air ball, Alabama State University, All-American Red Heads, Allen Iverson, Amateur Athletic Union, Amer Sports, American Basketball Association, American Basketball League (1996–1998), American football, American Physical Education Association, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Andrew Bogut, Andrew Gaze, Araneta Coliseum, Argentina, Argentina men's national basketball team, Arvydas Sabonis, Association football, Athens, Australia women's national basketball team, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Baana, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Backboard (basketball), Ball (association football), Barnstorming (sports), Basket (basketball), Basket interference, Basketball (ball), Basketball Association of America, Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Basketball Champions League Americas, Basketball court, Basketball moves, Basketball National League, Basketball positions, Biddy Basketball, Big3, Bill Cartwright, Bill Russell, Block (basketball), Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics, Brazil women's national basketball team, ... Expand index (288 more) »
- Games and sports introduced in 1891
- Summer Olympic sports
ABA–NBA merger
The ABA–NBA merger was a major pro sports business maneuver in 1976 when the American Basketball Association (ABA) combined with the National Basketball Association (NBA), after multiple attempts over several years.
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Adolph Rupp
Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach.
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Air ball
In basketball, an air ball is an unblocked shot that misses the basket, rim and backboard entirely.
Alabama State University
Alabama State University (ASU, Bama State, or Alabama State) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama.
See Basketball and Alabama State University
All-American Red Heads
The All American Red Heads were the first professional women's basketball team.
See Basketball and All-American Red Heads
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Amateur Athletic Union
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States.
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Amer Sports
Amer Sports, Inc. is a Finnish multinational sporting equipment company based in Helsinki, Finland.
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American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976.
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American Basketball League (1996–1998)
The American Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL of 1996 was a professional women's basketball league in the United States.
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American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. Basketball and American football are ball games, sports originating in the United States and team sports.
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American Physical Education Association
The American Physical Education Association (APEA), previously known as American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education, is an American association, founded in 1885 to support gymnastics education.
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Amos Alonzo Stagg
Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American athlete and college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football.
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Andrew Bogut
Andrew Michael Bogut (born 28 November 1984) is an Australian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Andrew Gaze
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach.
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Araneta Coliseum
The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
Argentina men's national basketball team
The Argentina men's national basketball team (The word básquetbol is specific to Rioplatense Spanish, the standard Spanish dialect of Argentina. de Argentina) represents Argentina in men's international basketball officially nicknamed The Argentine Soul (Spanish: El Alma Argentina), and it is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation.
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Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis (born 19 December 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman.
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Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. Basketball and Association football are ball games, Summer Olympic sports and team sports.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Australia women's national basketball team
The Australia women's national basketball team, nicknamed the Opals after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country, represents Australia in international basketball.
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Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis (born June 13, 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player.
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Baana
Baana is a former railway, which has been transformed into a pedestrian and cycling path as an urban renewal project in Helsinki, replacing the Helsinki harbour railway.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field.
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Backboard (basketball)
A backboard is a piece of basketball equipment.
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Ball (association football)
A football is the ball used in the sport of association football.
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Barnstorming (sports)
In athletics terminology, barnstorming refers to sports teams or individual athletes who travel to various locations, usually small towns, to stage exhibition matches.
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Basket (basketball)
The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net.
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Basket interference
In basketball, basket interference is the violation of (a) touching the ball or any part of the basket (including the net) while the ball is on the rim of the basket, (b) touching the ball when it is entirely within the cylinder extending upwards from the rim, (c) reaching up through the basket from below and touching the ball, whether it is inside or outside the cylinder, or (d) pulling down on the rim of the basket so that it contacts the ball before returning to its original position, or during a shot attempt.
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Basketball (ball)
A basketball is a spherical ball used in basketball games.
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Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946.
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Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Basketball contests at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the eighth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.
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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.
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Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the eighteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.
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Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the nineteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.
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Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936.
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Basketball Champions League Americas
The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) (Spanish: Liga de Campeones de Baloncesto de las Américas, Portuguese: Liga dos Campeões de Basquetebol das Américas) is Pan-America's premier men's basketball club competition.
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Basketball court
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end.
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Basketball moves
Basketball moves are generally individual actions used by players in basketball to pass by defenders to gain access to the basket or to get a pass to a teammate to score.
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Basketball National League
The Basketball National League (BNL) is the pre-eminent male professional basketball league in South Africa.
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Basketball positions
In basketball, there are five players on court per team, each assigned to positions.
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Biddy Basketball
Biddy basketball, youth basketball or biddy ball, & or ‘’’Mini Basketball’’’ is a type of basketball game that is played by youths.
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Big3
Big3 (stylized BIG3) is a 3-on-3 basketball league founded by hip-hop musician and actor Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz.
Bill Cartwright
James William Cartwright (born July 30, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player and a former head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Bill Russell
William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969.
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Block (basketball)
In basketball, a block or blocked shot occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a field goal attempt from an offensive player to prevent a score.
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Bob Cousy
Robert Joseph Cousy (born August 9, 1928) is an American former professional basketball player.
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston.
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Brazil women's national basketball team
The Brazil women's national basketball team represents Brazil in international women's basketball.
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Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
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Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College (Welsh) is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
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California Golden Bears women's basketball
The California Golden Bears women's basketball team is the women's college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley.
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Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player.
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Carrying (basketball)
Carrying is a rule violation in the game of basketball.
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Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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CCNY point-shaving scandal
The CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1950–51 was a college basketball point-shaving gambling scandal that involved seven American schools in all, with four in the New York metropolitan area, two in the Midwest, and one in the South.
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Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five, the big or the pivot, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game.
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Charles Barkley
Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT and CBS Sports.
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Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors
The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF – formerly The Ergonomics Society) is a United Kingdom-based professional society for ergonomists, human factors specialists, and those involved in user-centred design.
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Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Chris Anstey
Christopher John Anstey (born 1 January 1975) is an Australian former professional basketball player.
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Chris Dudley
Christen Guilford Dudley (born February 22, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player and politician.
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Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Clara Gregory Baer
Clara Gregory Baer (August 27, 1863 – January 19, 1938) was an American physical education instructor and women's sports pioneer.
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College basketball
College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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College football
College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA), originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association, was a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States from 1946 to 2009.
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Cornell University
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.
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Crossover dribble
A crossover dribble is a basketball maneuver in which a player dribbling the ball switches the ball rapidly from one hand to the other, to make a change in direction.
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.
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Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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David Stern
David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014.
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Deaf basketball
Deaf basketball is basketball played by deaf people. Basketball and deaf basketball are team sports.
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Detlef Schrempf
Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963) is a German-American former professional basketball player.
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Dharamshala
Dharamshala (also spelled Dharamsala) is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
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Diana Taurasi
Diana Lorena Taurasi (born June 11, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
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Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Disability
Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.
Donkey basketball
Donkey basketball is a variation of the standard basketball game, played on a standard basketball court, but in which the players ride donkeys.
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Double dribble
In basketball, an illegal dribble (colloquially called a double dribble or dribbling violation) occurs when a player ends their dribble by catching or causing the ball to come to rest in one or both hands and then dribbles it again with one hand or when a player touches it before the ball hits the ground.
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Dowel
A dowel is a cylindrical shape made of wood, plastic, or metal.
Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović (22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player.
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Duck on a rock
Duck on a rock is a medieval children’s game that combines tag and marksmanship (via throwing accuracy).
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Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.
Edmonton Grads
The Edmonton Grads were a Canadian women's basketball team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada active from 19121940.
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Ejection (sports)
In sports, an ejection (also known as dismissal, sending-off, disqualification, or early shower) is the removal of a participant from a contest due to a violation of the sport's rules.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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ESPN
ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.
ESPN.com
ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.
EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.
EuroGames
The EuroGames are an LGBT+ multi-sport event in Europe, licensed by the EGLSF (European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation) to a local city host each year and organised (most often) by one or more of the federation's member clubs.
EuroLeague
The EuroLeague, officially the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, is a European men's professional basketball club competition.
EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women (officially known as the FIBA EuroLeague Women) is the pre-eminent basketball league in Europe for women's basketball clubs.
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Fantasy baseball
Fantasy baseball is a game in which the participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual baseball teams.
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Fantasy football (gridiron)
Fantasy football is a game in which the participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual gridiron football teams.
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FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA; French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide.
FIBA 3x3 World Cup
The FIBA 3x3 World Cup is a 3x3 basketball tournament for national teams organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
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FIBA AmeriCup
The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.
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FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's global governing body.
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FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially.
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Field goal (basketball)
In basketball, a field goal is a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the location of the attempt on the basket.
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Finger roll
The finger roll is a specialized type of basketball layup shot where the ball is rolled off the tips of the player's fingers.
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Football in Australia
Football in Australia refers to numerous codes which each have major shares of the mainstream sports market, media, broadcasting, professional athletes, financial performance and grassroots participation: Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union and soccer (known in many other countries as "football").
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Four-point field goal
A four-point field goal (also called a four-pointer) is a field goal in a basketball game made from a part of the court designated for a four-point shot.
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Franklin Wonder Five
The Franklin Wonder Five was a 1920s basketball team from Indiana's "Hoosier Hysteria" era.
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Free throw
In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points by shooting from behind the free-throw line (informally known as the foul line or the charity stripe), a line situated at the end of the restricted area.
Gallaudet University Press
Gallaudet University Press (GUPress) is a publisher that focuses on issues relating to deafness and sign language.
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Game
A game is a structured type of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool.
Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City.
Gatorade
Gatorade is an American brand of sports-themed beverage and food products, built around its signature line of sports drinks.
Gay Games
The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes, artists and other individuals.
Geneva College
Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
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George Mason University
George Mason University (GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States.
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George Mikan
George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (June 18, 1924 – June 1, 2005), nicknamed "Mr.
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Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
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Gheorghe Mureșan
Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan (born 14 February 1971), known as The Giant is a Romanian former professional basketball player.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo (born Adetokunbo; December 6, 1994) is a Greek and Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Glossary of basketball terms
This glossary of basketball terms is a list of definitions of terms used in the game of basketball.
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Goaltending (basketball)
Goaltending is a violation of the rules in the sport of basketball.
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Golden Cyclones
The Golden Cyclones were a 1930s group of women athletes who played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) softball, basketball and track-and-field.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Gym
A gym, short for gymnasium (gymnasiums or gymnasia), is an indoor venue for exercise and sports.
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College
H.
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Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.
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Hamline University
Hamline University is a private university in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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Hampton University
Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia.
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Hanoi
Hanoi (Hà Nội) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam.
Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team.
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Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.
High school basketball
High school basketball, also known as prep basketball, is the sport of basketball as played by high school teams in the United States and Canada.
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High-top
The high-top is a shoe that extends slightly over the wearer's ankle.
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
Hoosier hysteria
Hoosier hysteria is the state of excitement surrounding basketball in Indiana or, more specifically, the Indiana high school basketball tournament.
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Hoosiers (film)
Hoosiers (released in some countries as Best Shot) is a 1986 American sports drama film written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh in his feature directorial debut.
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Horseball
Horseball is a sport played on horseback where a ball is handled and goals are scored by shooting it through a hoop with a diameter of 1m. Basketball and Horseball are ball games and team sports.
Hotshot (basketball)
Hotshot is a basketball shooting game.
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Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Index of basketball-related articles
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules.
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Indiana
Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
International Women's Sports Federation
The Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) – or, in English, the International Women's Sports Federation – was founded in October 1921 by Alice Milliat because of the unwillingness of existing sports organisations, such as the International Olympic Committee and the International Amateur Athletics Federation, to let women compete in sports, particularly at an international level.
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Isiah Thomas
Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961), also known as "Zeke", is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is an analyst for NBA TV.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Italy men's national basketball team
The Italy men's national basketball team (Nazionale di pallacanestro dell'Italia) represents Italy in international basketball tournaments.
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James Naismith
James Naismith (November 6, 1861November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.
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Jerry West
Jerome Alan West (May 28, 1938 – June 12, 2024) was an American basketball player and executive.
Jersey (clothing)
Traditionally, a jersey is an item of knitted clothing, generally made of wool or cotton, with sleeves, worn as a pullover, as it does not open at the front, unlike a cardigan.
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John Stockton
John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr.
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Jump ball
A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball.
Jump shot (basketball)
In basketball (and derivatives like netball), a player may attempt to score a basket by leaping straight into the air, the elbow of the shooting hand cocked, ball in hand above the head, and launching the ball in a high arc towards the basket for a jump shot (colloquially, a jumper).
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Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.
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Karl Malone
Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program is the men's college basketball team of the University of Kentucky.
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Key (basketball)
The key, officially referred to as the free throw lane by the National Basketball Association (NBA) (and Euroleague), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), and the restricted area by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), is a marked area on a basketball court surrounding the basket, where much of the game's action takes place.
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Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario.
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Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player.
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Korfball
Korfball (korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. Basketball and Korfball are ball games and team sports.
Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
Layup
A layup in basketball is a two-point shot attempt made by leaping from below, laying the ball up near the basket, and using one hand to bounce it off the backboard and into the basket.
LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James Sr. (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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LGBT
is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".
Lisa Leslie
Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player.
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List of ball games
This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points. Basketball and list of ball games are ball games.
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List of basketball films
This is a list of films about basketball, featuring notable films where basketball plays a central role in the development of the plot.
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List of basketball leagues
This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.
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Lithuania men's national basketball team
The Lithuania men's national basketball team (Lietuvos nacionalinė vyrų krepšinio rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international basketball competitions.
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Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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Luc Longley
Lucien James Longley (born 19 January 1969) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player.
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Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American businessman and former professional basketball player.
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Man-to-man defense
Man-to-man defense, or man defense, is a type of defensive system used in team sports such as American football, association football, basketball and netball, as in which each player is assigned to defend and follow the movements of a single player on offense.
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Manu Ginóbili
Emanuel David Ginóbili Maccari (born 28 July 1977) is an Argentine former professional basketball player.
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Manute Bol
Manute Bol (June 19, 2010) was a Sudanese-American professional basketball player and political activist.
Maple
Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples.
Margo Dydek
Małgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg, also known as Margo Dydek (28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011), was a Polish professional basketball player.
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Match fixing
In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.
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McGill University
McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player.
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Midnight basketball
Midnight basketball is an initiative which developed in the 1990s to curb inner-city crime in the United States by keeping urban youth off the streets and engaging them with alternatives to drugs and crime.
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Mike Krzyzewski
Michael William Krzyzewski (born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach.
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Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States.
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Muggsy Bogues
Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues (born January 9, 1965) is an American former basketball player.
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Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
NAIA men's basketball championship
The NAIA men's basketball national championship has been held annually by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics since 1937 to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada.
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NAIA women's basketball championship
The NAIA women's basketball tournament has been held annually by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics since 1981 to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada.
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Australasia, currently composed of 10 teams: 9 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand.
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National Basketball League (United States)
The National Basketball League (NBL) was a professional basketball league in the United States.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.
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National Federation of State High School Associations
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States.
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National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.
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NBA G League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the official minor league organization of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to determine the national championship.
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Netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. Basketball and Netball are ball games and team sports.
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
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New York Renaissance
The New York Renaissance, also known as the Renaissance Big R Five and as the Rens, were the first black-owned, all-black, fully-professional basketball team in history, established in October 1923, by Robert "Bob" Douglas.
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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), also known as the North Central Association, was a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states engaged in educational accreditation.
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Official (basketball)
In basketball, an official (usually called a referee) enforces the rules and maintains order in the game.
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Olympic sports
Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.
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Original Celtics
The Original Celtics were a barnstorming professional American basketball team.
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Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Out of bounds
In sports, out of bounds (or out-of-bounds) refers to being outside the playing boundaries of the field.
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Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same.
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Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global.
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Parasports
Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities.
Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol Sáez (born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player.
Peach
The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China.
Peripheral vision
Peripheral vision, or indirect vision, is vision as it occurs outside the point of fixation, i.e. away from the center of gaze or, when viewed at large angles, in (or out of) the "corner of one's eye".
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Personal foul (basketball)
In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent.
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Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams.
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Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
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Phog Allen
Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, D.O. (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American basketball coach and physician.
Physical education
Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys.
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Pick and roll
The pick and roll (also called a ball screen or screen and roll) in basketball is an offensive play in which a player sets a screen (pick) for a teammate handling the ball and then moves toward the basket (rolls) to receive a pass.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Point guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game.
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Point shaving
In organized sports, point shaving is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to change the final score of a game without changing who wins.
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Polo
Polo is a ball game that is played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. Basketball and Polo are ball games.
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Power forward
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game.
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Professional sports
In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance.
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Puerto Rico men's national basketball team
The Puerto Rico national basketball team (Selección de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in men's international basketball competitions, it is governed by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation (Federación de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico), The team represents both FIBA and FIBA Americas.
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Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Quezon City
Quezon City (Lungsod Quezon), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines.
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Rebound (basketball)
In basketball, a rebound, sometimes colloquially referred to as a board, is a statistic awarded to a player who retrieves the ball after a missed field goal or free throw.
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Rezball
Rezball, short for "reservation ball," is a style of basketball associated with Native Americans, particularly at the high school level in the Southwestern United States, where many of the Indian reservations were created in the country.
Rik Smits
Rik Smits (born 23 August 1966), nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Rimini
Rimini (Rémin or; Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
Ringball
Ringball is a traditional South African sport that stems from basketball and has been played since 1907. Basketball and Ringball are ball games and team sports.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
Rugby football
Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Basketball and rugby football are team sports.
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Rules of basketball
The rules of basketball are the rules and regulations that govern the play, officiating, equipment and procedures of basketball.
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School district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary or secondary schools or both in various countries.
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Screen (sports)
A screen is a blocking move by an offensive player in which they stand beside or behind a defender in order to free up a teammate to either shoot, pass, or to drive in to score.
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Senda Berenson Abbott
Senda Berenson Abbott (March 19, 1868 – February 16, 1954) was a figure of women's basketball and the author of the first Basketball Guide for Women (1901–07).
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Shane Heal
Shane Douglas Heal (born 6 September 1970) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player.
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), known commonly as Shaq, is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
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Shooting guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7".
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Shot clock
A shot clock is a countdown timer used in a variety of games and sports, indicating a set amount of time that a team may possess the object of play before attempting to score a goal.
Six-on-six basketball
Six-on-six basketball or basquette is a largely archaic variant of basketball, usually played by women and girls.
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Slam dunk
A slam dunk, also simply known as dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands.
SlamBall
SlamBall is a hybrid sport combining elements from basketball, football, hockey, and gymnastics played with four trampolines in front of each net and boards around the court edge. Basketball and SlamBall are ball games and sports originating in the United States.
Small forward
The small forward (SF), also known as the three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game.
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Smith College
Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Spalding (company)
Spalding is an American sports equipment manufacturing company.
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Springfield College
Springfield College is a private university in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
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Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Spud Webb
Anthony Jerome "Spud" Webb (born July 13, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player.
Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
The Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represents Stanford University, located in Stanford, California.
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Steal (basketball)
In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally causes a turnover by their positive, aggressive action(s).
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Stephen Curry
Wardell Stephen Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player and point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Steve Nash
Stephen John Nash (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Streetball
Streetball (or street basketball) is a variation of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and featuring significantly less formal structure and enforcement of the game's rules.
Substitution (sport)
In team sports, substitution (or interchange) is replacing one player with another during a match.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Team sport
A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport requires the participation of multiple individuals working together as a team, and it is inherently impossible or highly impractical to execute the sport as a single-player endeavour. Basketball and team sport are team sports.
Technical foul
In basketball, a technical foul (colloquially known as a "T" or a "tech") is any infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between opposing players on the court, or is a foul by a non-player.
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Temeka Johnson
Temeka Rochelle Johnson (born September 6, 1982) is a former American professional basketball player.
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Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University (Tennessee State, Tenn State, or TSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
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The Queen's Journal
The Queen's Journal is the main student-run newspaper at Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T.R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, historian, naturalist, explorer and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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Three-point field goal
A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer, home run, three, triple, or trey) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket.
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Tim Duncan
Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player.
Timeline of women's basketball
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Toni Kukoč
Toni Kukoč (born September 18, 1968) is a Croatian-American former professional basketball player who serves as Special Advisor to Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago Bulls.
Tony Hinkle
Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle (December 19, 1899 – September 22, 1992) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletic administrator.
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Tony Parker
William Anthony Parker Jr. (born 17 May 1982) is a French-American former professional basketball player and majority owner of ASVEL Basket in the LNB Pro A. Himself the son of a basketball pro, Parker started his career at Paris Basket Racing in the French basketball league before joining the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Toronto Huskies
The Toronto Huskies were a team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which was a forerunner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), during the 1946–47 season.
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Trampoline
A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame often using many coiled springs.
Traveling (basketball)
In basketball, traveling is a violation of the rules of basketball in which a player takes more than a predefined number of steps.
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Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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TVNZ
Television New Zealand (Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a television network that is broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region.
Twenty-one (basketball)
Twenty-one, also called play21basketball, cutthroat, hustle, tip-it, noyceball, roughhouse, scutter, rough, or rebound is a popular variation of street basketball.
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U Sports
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body for universities in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country and four regional conferences: Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), Canada West (CW), and Atlantic University Sport (AUS).
ULEB
Union of European Leagues of Basketball (ULEB; Union des Ligues Européennes de Basket-Ball) is a sports organization within basketball created for growth of professional basketball in Europe.
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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United States women's national basketball team
The USA Basketball Women's National Team, commonly known as Team USA, is governed by USA Basketball and competes in FIBA Americas.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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University of Colorado Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
Variations of basketball
Variations of basketball are games or activities based on, or similar in origin to, the game of basketball, in which the player utilizes common basketball skills.
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Varsity team
Varsity teams are sports teams that compete in university sports events.
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Vassar College
Vassar College is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States.
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Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac (Владе Дивац,; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Water basketball
Water basketball is a water sport, which mixes the rules of basketball and water polo, played in a swimming pool. Basketball and water basketball are team sports.
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Wellesley College
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using 2 or more wheels, a footrest and armrest usually cushioned.
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. Basketball and wheelchair basketball are team sports.
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Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August21, 1936 – October12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player.
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WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season.
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Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league based in the United States.
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Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball league in Australia composed of eight teams.
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Women's professional sports
Women's professional sports are a relatively new phenomenon, having largely emerged within the latter part of the 20th century.
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Wood flooring
Wood flooring is any product manufactured from timber that is designed for use as flooring, either structural or aesthetic.
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World Outgames
The World Outgames were a sporting and cultural event hosted by the gay community.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yahoo!
Yahoo! (styled yahoo! in its logo) is an American web services provider.
Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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YMCA
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.
YMCA Building (Albany, New York)
The former Young Men's Christian Association Building in Albany, New York, United States, is located on Pearl Street (New York State Route 32).
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Zone defense
Zone defense is a type of defensive system, used in team sports, which is the alternative to man-to-man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area (a zone) to cover.
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1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (Spiele der XI.) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
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1979 NBL season
The 1979 NBL season was the inaugural season of the National Basketball League (NBL).
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1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team
The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the "Dream Team", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1998 NBL season
The 1998 NBL season was the 20th season of competition since its establishment in 1979.
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1998–99 NBL season
The 1998–99 NBL season was the 21st season of competition since its establishment in 1979.
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2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 2004), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (label) and officially branded as Athens 2004 (Αθήνα 2004), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
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2007 Asian Indoor Games
The 2007 Asian Indoor Games (2007年亞洲室內運動會; Jogos Asiáticos em Recinto Coberto de 2007), officially known as the 2nd Asian Indoor Games and also known as Macau 2007, were held in Macau, China from 26 October 2007 to 3 November 2007.
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2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
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2009 Asian Youth Games
2009 Asian Youth Games, officially known as the 1st Asian Youth Games and also known as Singapore 2009, was a pan-continental multi-sport event held in the city state of Singapore from 29 June to 7 July 2009, with 90 events in 9 sports.
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2010 FIBA World Championship
The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams.
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2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the I Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2010, was the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an Olympic Games-based event for young athletes.
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2012 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
The 2012 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, hosted by Greece, was the first edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Championships, an international 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's, women's and mixed national teams.
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2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship.
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2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.
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2019–20 NBA season
The 2019–20 NBA season was the 74th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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3x3 basketball
3x3 basketball (pronounced three-ex-three) is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. Basketball and 3x3 basketball are team sports.
See Basketball and 3x3 basketball
See also
Games and sports introduced in 1891
- Basketball
Summer Olympic sports
- Archery
- Association football
- Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cheerleading in Australia
- Competition climbing
- Cycle sport
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- Equestrianism
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- Golf
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- Handball
- Judo
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- Modern pentathlon
- Olympic weightlifting
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- Rugby sevens
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- Shooting sports
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- Sport of athletics
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