बास्केटबॉल एक टीम खेल है, जिसमें 5 सक्रिय खिलाड़ी वाली दो टीमें होती हैं, जो एक दूसरे के खिलाफ़ एक 10 फुट ऊंचे घेरे (गोल) में, संगठित नियमों के तहत एक गेंद डाल कर अंक अर्जित करने की कोशिश करती हैं। बास्केटबॉल, विश्व के सबसे लोकप्रिय और व्यापक रूप से देखे जाने वाले खेलों में से एक है।

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free 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.