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Basketball Information

sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world. Points are scored by shooting the ball through the basket from above; the team with more points at the end of the game wins, with love points lose. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it (dribbling) or passing it between teammates. Disruptive physical contact is not permitted and there are restrictions on how the ball can be handled . Through time, basketball has developed to involve common techniques of shooting, passing and dribbling, as well as players' positions, and offensive and defensive structures. While competitive basketball is carefully regulated, numerous variations of basketball have developed for casual play. In some countries, basketball is also a popular spectator sport. While competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport, played on a basketball court, less regulated variations have become exceedingly popular as an outdoor sport among both inner city and rural groups.

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Wildcats win tough contest

PERTH import Shawn Redhage overcame a virus to lead the Wildcats to a tough 90-88 NBL victory over Adelaide at Challenge Stadium. Redhage was slower than usual to get his game going after missing training the previous day with an illness, but he recovered to lead all scorers with 27 points while Adam Ballinger was the trail blazer for the Sixers with 25. The Wildcats trailed Adelaide 51-45 at halftime, but opened the second half with a 10-0 scoring run to gain the lead. Redhage stepped up to the plate with 14 third quarter points - most of them from flawless shooting at the charity stripe - and scores were locked 72-all heading into the last term. Perth led by as many as four in the last period but it wasn't until Redhage sank two more free throws with 36.7 seconds left on the clock that the Wildcats sealed the win. It was Perth's second win of the round after belting the Slingers by 37 points in Singapore just three days ago. They started the game strongly, jumping to a nine-point lead late in the first term before a five-point run from Ballinger pulled Adelaide back within range. It was an especially tough loss for Sixers big man Neil Mottram who split his right eye open in the opening 90 seconds after challenging an Alex Loughton dunk. The knock was close to the fracture he suffered in his nose in their last game against the South Dragons and as a result he only played 14 minutes and did not trouble the scorers. “The way we attacked the game was pretty good, I thought for the majority of the game we outplayed them but we didn't get the result at the end,” Adelaide coach Phil Smyth said. “They were talking about getting a mask made for (Mottram) but that takes two weeks and when he got hit there it was close to the fracture and it wasn't worth risking him to get hit on the nose again. “His nose seems to be attracting a lot of elbows at the moment.” Perth coach Scott Fisher said he would like to have seen his team run things more smoothly against an unpredictable team like Adelaide. “Our shooting percentage was shocking and we did a good job defensively to hold that team to 37 points in a half,” he said. “We talked at half-time how Brett Maher was hurting us and we kept him scoreless in the second half so there were some great things defensively but offensively there was some miscommunication and poor shooting and on the road we don't win that game.” AAP

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