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Players in basketball try to shoot for the team and the opponents

try to block. In their process of scoring, they carry out a number

of skills. They pass, block, dribble and shoot the ball. The ball

can be advanced in the court by passing it to a teammate or

bouncing it while walking or running. One can’t lift or drag the

ball.

There is a scoring line at each

end called the three-point line. If

the player shoots the ball behind

the three-point line the shooting

team scores three points but if the

shooting is done from in front of

the line the score is two. If a player

commits a foul, the opposition

team is given two free throws.

The opposition players can’t block or disturb the free throws.

The score from the free throw is counted one. At last the team

with the highest score wins the game. Scores are usually very

big. A hundred plus score is common in a high level game.

The game is generally played in four quarters of ten minutes.

But if the scores tie in the regulation time, an additional five

minutes is allowed. There is also a half time of fifteen minutes.

Teams exchange baskets for the second half.

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