To make sure the basketball game goes smoothly. Call fouls, when necessary. Although some officials don't call certain fouls simply because they may not have seen it.
They call it basketball as well.
Coaches, players, and referees.
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The refs, they call everything whether if people think it's fair or not.
When basketball was first made it was used for a gym game and they put baskets on top of poles, that is where the name came from.
Basketball players.
A time out can be called after the first free throw in a two free throw situation, during live play (when the team has the ball- if the other team has the ball, you cannot call a time out), after the last free throw, and at any other stoppage of play (blood on the floor, official mistake, etc.).
In basketball you score points, not goals.
The song "taps " was used for an official bugle call
The first day of Autumn, or the Autumnal Equinox
When the sport was first played, the object was to throw a ball into a peach basket. He called the game basketball and the name stuck.