How To play BasketBall?

Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high mounted to a backboard at each end. Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.^[1] The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the most popular and widely considered to be the highest level of professional basketball in the world and NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.^[2][3]
A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket during regular play. A field goal scores three points for the shooting team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line, and two points if shot from in front of the line. A team can also score via free throws, which are worth one point, after the other team was assessed with certain fouls. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) is issued when the score is tied at the end of regulation. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running or throwing it to a teammate. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling.
As well as many techniques for shooting, passing, dribbling and rebounding, basketball teams generally have player positions and offensive and defensive structures (player positioning). Traditionally, the tallest and strongest members of a team are called a center or power forward, while slightly shorter and more agile players are called small forward, and the shortest players or those who possess the best ball handling skills are called a point guard or shooting guard.
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Playing Basketball

• The referee throws up the ball to start the game. Two players from the opposing teams vie to take possession of the ball.
• The team that catches the ball first plays offense, and the opposing team plays defense.
• Players of the same team pass (toss) the ball back and forth as the opposition attempts to take possession of it. Team player are assigned different positions: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center.
• The ball must be continually dribbled (bounced on the floor) as players try to move it toward the extreme ends of the court where the netted rings wait. Don't walk with the ball, which is called traveling. You have to dribble or shoot the ball.
• Each player must throw the ball within a maximum of 35 seconds. The players cannot kick the ball.
• Making illegal body contact is a foul. (See Resources below for a list of fouls.) If a team commits consecutive fouls, their opponents are awarded a free throw. If a player commits six fouls in an NBA game (or five fouls in a high-school or college game), he or she will be disqualified from fininishing the game.
• The team that scores the most points in the stipulated time is the winner. If the teams are tied at the end of regulation, the game goes into overtime. Overtime periods are played until one team has more points than the other at the end of an overtime period.