A ball game usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball the basketball into opposite goals baskets resembling baskets each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points depending on the situation in which it was thrown
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