Basketball is one of the USA and other regions of the world's most popular sport. It has been 100 years of history. Basketball inventor James Naismith is a Canadian. In 1891 he was his students invented basketball. At first, it is an indoor sport, students can play basketball but also in bad weather.
The basketball movement soon pop up. In 1946, the National Basketball Association came to Beijing. There are many great basketball star in the NBA, but for many years are americans. But now, there are many outstanding athletes from other countries.
Basketball is both indoor and outdoor sports. It is a team sport, there are two teams, each team has five players. The goal of the game is to throw the ball into the other side of the basket, and to prevent the other team goals. You can be in any position, pitch one or two hands the ball, you can pass the ball to a teammate. But you must obey the rules. For example, you can't run with the ball. To win the basketball game, you should have good te