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Basketball is ateam sport in which two teams of five players each (excluding subs), opposing one another on a rectangularcourt, compete with the primary objective ofshooting abasketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender'shoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.05 m) high to abackboard at each end of the court). Teams alternate betweenoffense, when they attempt to score, anddefense, when they try to prevent the opposing side from scoring. Afield goal is worth two points, unless made from behind thethree-point line, when it is worth three. After afoul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot atechnical foul is given one, two or three one-pointfree throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. However, if the additional period still results in a tied score, yet another additional period is mandated. This goes on until the score is not tied anymore.
Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a variety of shots – thelayup, thejump shot, or adunk; on defense, they maysteal the ball from a dribbler, intercept passes, orblock shots; either offense or defense may collect arebound, that is, a missed shot that bounces from rim or backboard. It is a violation tolift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, tocarry it, or tohold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. (Full article...)
TheWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professionalbasketball league in theUnited States. The league comprises 13 teams (scheduled to expand to 15 by 2026 and 18 by 2030). The WNBA is headquartered inMidtown Manhattan.
The WNBA was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to theNational Basketball Association (NBA); league play began in 1997. The regular season runs from May to September, with each team playing 44 games. The top eight teams (regardless of conference) qualify for the playoffs, culminating in theWNBA Finals, which is played in October. (Full article...)
Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professionalbasketball player whoplayed his entire 18-year career in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) with theIndiana Pacers. Widely recognized as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, he was known for his precisionthree-point shooting, especially in pressure situations and most notablyagainst theNew York Knicks, for which he earned the nickname "Knick Killer". A five-timeAll-Star selection, Miller was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 and named to theNBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.
Miller playedcollege basketball for theUCLA Bruins, earning third-teamAll-American honors as ajunior in 1986. He was selected by Indiana in the first round of the1987 NBA draft with the 11th overall pick. When he retired from playing, Miller held the NBA record for mostcareer 3-point field goals made. He is currently sixth on the list behindStephen Curry,James Harden,Ray Allen,Damian Lillard andKlay Thompson. Miller led the league infree throw percentage five times and won a gold medal in the1996 Summer Olympics. HisNo. 31 wasretired by the Pacers in 2006. Miller is widely regarded as the Pacers' greatest player of all time. After his playing career, he became an NBA commentator forTNT and college basketball analyst forCBS Sports. (Full article...)
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TheUtah Jazz are an American professionalbasketball team based inSalt Lake City. The Jazz compete in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of theNorthwest Division of theWestern Conference. Since the1991–92 season, the team has played its home games at theDelta Center, an arena they share with theUtah Mammoth of theNational Hockey League (NHL). The franchise began as anexpansion team in the1974–75 season as theNew Orleans Jazz, a tribute toNew Orleans' history of originatingjazz music. The Jazzrelocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City on June 8, 1979.
The Jazz were one of the least successful teams in the league in their early years. Although 10 seasons elapsed before the Jazz qualified for their firstplayoff appearance in1984, they did not miss the playoffs again until2004. During the late 1980s,John Stockton andKarl Malone arose as the franchise players for the team and formed one of the most famedpick and roll duos in NBA history. Led by coachJerry Sloan, who took over fromFrank Layden in 1988, they became one of the powerhouse teams of the 1990s, culminating in twoNBA Finals appearances in1997 and1998, where they lost both times to theChicago Bulls. (Full article...)
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