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How to Play
Basketball...
The game of basketball consists of 48 minutes of playing time, which is divided into four 12 minute quarters. Each team is allowed to have five players on the court at a time. During the tip-off, the referee tosses the ball up so one man from each team can try to tap the ball to a teammate. You are not allowed to dribble the ball across the half court line and then go back again.
You can score between one and three points per shot. A free throw is worth 1 point, a basket in front of the three point line is 2 points, and 3 points for a shot behind the 3-point line. If you have the ball, you must dribble to move on the court. You can not push the ball away from the basket when someone else has taken a shot and it is going down into the basket. This is called goal tending.
You can not dribble, pick up the ball, and then start dribbling again. You must pass it to someone else. You can not charge into a person. You can not hit, push, kick, or hurt another player. This is known as fouling. If you have 6 fouls, you can no longer play in the game. This is called fouling out. If you foul someone, the other team gets the ball on the out-of-bounds line. If you foul someone while they are shooting, they get 2 free throws. The objective of the game is to score more points than the opposing team.
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