Basketball is a sport ball in groups consisting of two teams each consisting of five people who compete with each other to score points by putting the ball into the opponent's basket. Basketball is perfect to watch because usually played in the gym is closed and requires only a relatively small field. Additionally, basketball is easy to learn because it forms a large ball, so it is not difficult for players when bouncing or throwing the ball.

Basketball is one sport that is most favored by residents of the United States and residents of the other hemisphere, among others in South America, Southern Europe, Lithuania, and also in Indonesia.

Basketball is considered as a unique sport because it was created by accident by a PE teacher. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian sports teacher who taught at a college for professional students at the YMCA (a Christian youth container) in Springfield, Massachusetts, had to make a game in an enclosed space to fill time students during winter break in New England. Inspired by the game he ever played as a child in Ontario, Naismith invented the game now known as a basketball on December 15, 1891.

 According to the story, after rejecting several ideas being considered too hard and not suitable to be played at the arena, covered arena, he then wrote a few basic rules, put a basket on the wall of the gym, and asks the students to start playing the game of his creation.

Match the first official basketball, held on January 20, 1892 Naismith Dr.James workplace. Basketball is a name that is spoken by one of his students. This sport was soon famous throughout the United States. Fans placed at all branches in the United States. Game by game were held in cities throughout the state of the United States.

At first, each team of nine people and no dribble, so the ball can only move through the throw. History of basketball game rules starting from the 13 basic rules written by James Naismith.

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