Basketball Scoring
Basketball Scoring
Basketball is a fun and competitive game which can be enjoyed by everyone.

Your team can also win by keeping the other team from throwing the basketball through your team’s hoop. This is called defense.
When you throw the basketball towards the other team’s hoop, that is called a shot. If it goes in, your team gets points. How many points you get for a successful shot depends on where on the court you threw the ball from. The more difficult the shot, the more points it is worth.
Usually, a ball thrown through the hoop is worth two points, unless you throw the ball from beyond something called the arc. If it goes in, you get three points.
The arc is a line drawn on the playing floor which is kind of shaped like a half circle. Look at the picture to see what the arc looks like.

Games are usually played in four parts, or quarters. The players take a longer break called halftime at the end of the second quarter. Every game is timed, and when the clock winds down to zero at the end of the fourth quarter, the game is over. The team with the most points at the end of the game is the winner!
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