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Basketball is an American game. A man named James Naismith _____ it in 1891.He wanted to play an indoor game in bad w_______. The first real game was played in 1892.
Naismith put up two peach (桃形）baskets. There were nine players_____ each side. The players tried to ______ (扔，投）the ball into the baskets. There were _______(没有） holes (洞）in the bottom(底部）of  the baskets. When a ball went i______ the basket. It stayed there. The game h______ to stop. A player climbed up to ______∣get∣ the ball. It was a slow game. After a while, people ______（应用，使用） net baskets. They cut the bottom out of the baskets.
At first, many people could play.Now only ten team members can play the game. There are five __|plei| on each side. Today basketball is a very popular game.