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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.
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Was basketball still the same when it first invented?
no they used a real basket insted of a net and basketball players used to wear tights.
Dimension of basketball ring?
The basket or basketball hoop is made out of steel, has a circular shape and with a net attached to it. It has a precise diameter of 18 inches.
Where did the basketball net came from?
The origins of basketball and the basketball net trace back to 1891, when an instructor at YMCA named Dr. James Naismith nailed a peach basket onto an elevated track. He also wrote basic rules for the game.
In basketball are you scoring into the opponents basket or your own basket?
your own teams basket, it can also switch sides after a certain point
If you shoot the basketball through the bottom of the basket and it comes back through is it a basket?
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