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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players each oppose one another on a rectangular court. Players compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through a hoop at each
Stephen Curry attempting to score a field goal at the 2022 NBA All-Star Game
James Naismith c. 1920
The first basketball court at Springfield College
The 1899 University of Kansas basketball team, with James Naismith at the back, right
James Naismith
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James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.
Basketball
…plays (player positioning). Informally, players may play three-on-three, two-on-two, and one-on-one. Invented in 1891 by Canadian-American gym teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the United States, basketball has evolved to become one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. The…
Naismith holding a basketball and basket
Sculpture in Almonte, Ontario. Identical copies are located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Lawrence, Kansas.