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The basketball events will be among the top most popular sports events in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in China. The date of the commencement of the basketball events in the 2008 Olympic Games is 9th August. It is on the 24th August in 2008 that the events will come to an end. The venue of the basketball events is the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing in China.
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The list of basketball events in 2008 Olympic Games include basketball tournament for men and basketball tournament for women.
Are you eager to know about the details of the equipments that are essential for playing basketball? We provide you the right informations about the basketball equipments. The backboard is one of the essential basketball equipments. It holds the basket into which the players try to put the ball. The backboard is rectangular in shape, and it has to be rigid and strong enough to hold the basket firmly.
The ball with which the game of basketball is played, happens to be an inflated sphere that has an outer covering. The circumference of the ball varies between 75cm to 85cm. The weight of the basketball should not be less than 600 grams and not more than 650 grams.
The goal of the players is to put the ball into the basket. The basket is placed perfectly in a horizontal manner, the basket used in the game of basketball consists of a circular metal rim, sticking out from the backboard. The nets hang from it. The basket is place at a height of 3.05 meters from the floor level.
The floor on which the game of basketball is played, is a wooden parquet. The area of the basketball court is 28m x 15m.
The Shot Clock is another very important one of the equipments required for the playing of basketball. The function of the shot clock is to count down the 24 seconds which is the maximum time for which a player can possess the ball before he or she shoots the ball.
Each of the competing teams can have a maximum number of five players while five other players can sit on the reserve bench. These players can replace the already playing players, if it is so required.
Scoring of a team would depend upon a team's success in putting the ball into the basket. Thus, the team can gain three points or two points. How many points the team will get would depend upon which position the player is shooting the ball from. In case of penalty shooting the scoring team will gain one point.
Basketball is thought to be a non- contact game. Therefore, if a player tries to stop a player of the opponent team, it will be a foul. Fouls are generally of two kinds. One is defensive foul while the other is offensive foul.
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