Basket (basketball)

The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith.[1] The bottom was eventually cut out of the basket, and the basket was eventually replaced with the metal rim and net.[2][3] Today there are breakaway rims.

A field goal is a shot that goes through the basket.

References

  1. ^ "First College Basketball Game". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 3 October 2002.
  2. ^ Wonning, Paul R. (2022). A Short History of Basketball - Indiana Edition. Indiana History Series.
  3. ^ Eitel, Joseph (16 November 2018). "The Basketball Hoop: A History". SportsRec.
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