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Basketball is played on a court with a large orange ball. There are five players in the team. Each team moves the ball across the court by bouncing it. Players can also throw or pass the ball to each other. They then try to shoot the ball into the basket or hoop to score a point. The team with the most points wins.

This game was introduced during the winter of 1891-1892 by James Naismith, a college instructor in Springfield. He wanted to give some exercises for the students between the end of the football season and the beginning of the baseball season. He placed fruit baskets on the walls at the opposite ends of the gymnasium.

James Naismith organized nine-men teams which played with a ball used for football. Each team tried to throw the ball into the other team’s basket and keep that team from throwing the ball into their basket.

Since then many changes have been introduced into the rules, but the game itself is the same.

Then soldiers brought the game from Canada to the Philippines in 1900 and to Europe during World War I, and it became popular in the world. It is interesting that at first basketball was an indoor game, and in America it is still played indoors. But almost in all other countries it is an outdoor game.

I. Mark the statements True or False.