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'Basketball' is defined as:

1) a team game invented in the United States played on a rectangular court in which five players on a side pass, dribble, and shoot a round inflated ball through a netted hoop attached to a backboard elevated above the floor to score points

2) the round inflated ball used in this game

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Basketball is a team game with five players on a side in which each player attempts to throw a large inflated ball through an elevated hoop.

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