Basketball has been around for a long time and has high demand for people watching the games. Basketball is a spart anyone can play. Basketball is something many people can enjoy watchting. Basketball consits of 10 players playing at one time 5 from each team. Each player can play as many minutes they want but the coach can take them out at anytime. Each player gets 6 fouls in the NBA but at the college level and high school level they get 5. Basketball games can be very close or complete blow outs. You can get fouls in several different ways such as a body check where you bump the person with the ball while they are dribbling and you're not set. You can also get an offensive foul by having your feet set and planted while the offensive play runs into you. Basketball is a great sport to play and have fun with and many enjoy playing it or just shooting around for fun at home.