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Game Rules
Goal of Basketball
Shoot the ball into the other team's basket to score points. Keep the other team from shooting the ball into your basket. The winner is the team with the most points when time is up.
Playing the Game
Each team has five players on the court. The game begins with a jump ball, a contest to decide which team gets possession of the ball. The player with the ball has three choices: pass it, dribble it (bounce it), or shoot. The player can't walk or run without dribbling the ball. If the player stops dribbling, he or she must also stop and then pass or shoot the ball.
Fouls
Personal fouls: holding, pushing, charging (running into), blocking, tripping, and making illegal contact with an opponent.
Penalty: The opponent shoots one or two free throws. After five personal fouls, a player is out of the game.
Flagrant foul: A personal foul that's rough, on purpose, or uncalled for.
Penalty: The opponent shoots two free throws and gets possession of the ball.
Technical fouls: delay of game, taking too many time-outs, having too many players on the court, hanging on a basket, leaving the court at the wrong time, swearing, arguing, being a poor
sport, and others. Coaches and other non-players can commit technical fouls.
Penalty: A player from the opposing team shoots two free throws.
Rule Violations
A violation doesn't involve contact with another player and doesn't result in a free throw. These are all different types of violations: a ball out-of-bounds (charged to the last player who touched it), double dribble, traveling, time violations (taking too long for a throw-in, for example), stepping over the line during a throw-in or free throw, goal tending (blocking a shot when the ball is on the way down), and others.
Penalty: The opposing team gets possession of the ball and puts it in play with a throw-in.
End of the Game
The game ends when time is up and the buzzer sounds.
The team with the most points wins.
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