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Basketball is a pretty cheap ___(1)___ to play in terms of equipment. So long as you have shoes and clothes and a ball, you can play. You can play with 1 hoop or 2, but it is way more fun to have a full court to ___(2)___ on and several friends to do it with. Of course, you can have knee braces, expensive shoes, and some fancy jerseys if you want, but you can play ___(3)___ them if you want.
Basketball is a ___(4)___ of 5-on-5. There are 5 different ___(5)___: point guard, shooting guard, center, small forward, and power forward. Unlike some other sports, all players can ___(6)___ points, and there is NO goalkeeper. There isn’t a ___(7)___ position to play!
Basketball has 4 quarters. For pro games, quarters are 15 minutes. Teams switch directions of play after ___(8)___ quarter.