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At the beginning of the game in the NBA. In all Basketball games, at the start of the game. In an NBA Game, the jump ball is also used during a "held ball" situation----both teams have a player holding the ball at the same time for about three seconds.

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A jump ball is when two players line up around either the half-court line or the free throw line to jump and tip the ball after a referee throws it up. The rest of the players are around the circle, and both players doing the jump try to tip the ball to a teammate.

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