Method of playing a basketball game
OwnerRandy E. Kurtinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates a method of playing a basketball game on a relatively rectangular court. Two opposing teams have hoops at opposite ends of the court. Each team includes four active players. Teams score five points by shooting a basketball into the hoop from beyond a five point line. A team scores four points by making a shot from beyond a four point line, but not beyond the five point line. A team scores three points by making a shot from beyond a three point line, but not beyond the four point line. A team scores two points for shots made from in front of the three point line. A team scores one point when an opposing player commits a foul. Each team's points are aggregated over the course of a game and a winner is designated when a team reaches one hundred and one points.
Claims22
A method of playing a basketball game, wherein the basketball game is played between a first team and a second team, wherein each team includes four active players, and wherein the basketball game is played on a relatively rectangular court with a first team's hoop positioned at one end of the court and a second team's hoop positioned at an opposite end of the court, the method comprising:
- scoring points by at least one of:
- scoring five points by making a shot with a basketball into the hoop from beyond a five point line;
- scoring four points by making a shot with the basketball into the hoop from beyond a four point line, but not beyond the five point line;
- scoring three points by making a shot with the basketball into the hoop from beyond a three point line, but not beyond the four point line;
- scoring two points for shots that are made with the basketball into the hoop from in front of the three point line;
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- scoring one point by a player committing a foul;
- wherein each team's points are aggregated over the course of a game and a winner is designated when a team reaches one hundred and one points.
A basketball court comprising:
- a substantially rectangular shaped playing surface comprising a first short side, a second sort side, a first long side, and a second long side, wherein the sides connect at substantially right angles forming the substantially rectangular shaped playing surface;
- a half-court line bisecting the first long side and the second long side;
- a first basketball hoop connected to a first backboard positioned above the playing surface at along the first short line at a relative midpoint of the first short line.
- a second basketball hoop connected to a second backboard positioned above the playing surface at along the second short line at a relative midpoint of the second short line.
- a first semi-circle with a first radius, extending from a first starting point on the first short side near the first long side and ending at a first ending point on the first short side near the second long side;
- a second semi-circle with a second radius, extending from a second starting point on the first short side near the first long side and ending at a second ending point the first short side near the second long side;
- a third semi-circle with the first radius, extending from a third starting point on the second short side near the first long side and ending at a third ending point the second short side near the second long side;
- a fourth semi-circle with the second radius, extending from a fourth starting point the second short side near the first long side and ending at a fourth ending point the second short side near the second long side;
- wherein the first radius is less than the second radius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.