Method of playing a basketball game

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.

1 . 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; and 
 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.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the relatively rectangular court comprises a ninety-four foot long, by fifty-four foot wide court having a first basket positioned at a height of ten feet above the ground and twenty-seven feet from the long edge of the court. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the five point line comprises the midway point of the court, the four point line comprises a half-circle with twenty-five foot radius with a center point at the hoop, and the three point line comprises a half-circle with twenty foot radius with a center point at the hoop. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each team comprises a bench of four players who may enter and leave the game one at a time at any time the bench player's team has possession of the basketball. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the bench comprises a four player queue, wherein a bench player that enters the game is the bench player at the front of the queue and a player leaving the game is added to the last position in the queue. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein a fouling player must leave the game and be replaced by a bench player at the front of a four player queue and the fouling player is added to an end of the queue. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising a sudden victory throw-in when a player is fouled attempting a shot to win the game, wherein no point is awarded for the foul, a single defender may stand beneath the hoop and bounce pass the ball to an offensive player standing at the three point line, wherein the remaining players stand behind the four point line until the offensive player receives the ball, and then the game resumes. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising an eighteen second shot clock counting down when from the point that a team obtains possession of the ball, wherein when the eighteen second shot clock reaches zero, possession of the ball is turned over. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is broken into four quarters, wherein the end of the first quarter is when a team scores twenty-five points, the end of the second quarter is when one team scores fifty points, the end of the third quarter is when one team scores seventy-five points, and the end of the game is when one team scores one hundred and one points. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising following at least one rule from a basketball rule book, wherein the basketball rule book comprises at least one of a an Official Rules of the National Basketball Association rule book, a FIBA official basketball rules rule book, and a National Collegiate Athletic Association rule book. 
     
     
         11 . 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.   
     
     
         12 . The basketball court of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a first inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the first short side between the first starting point and the second starting point;   a second inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the first short side between the first ending point and the second ending point;   a third inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the second short side between the third starting point and the fourth starting point;   a fourth inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the first short side between the third ending point and the fourth ending point;   a fifth inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the first long side substantially equal distant from the first short side and the half-court line;   a sixth inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the first long side substantially equal distant from the second short side and the half-court line;   a seventh inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the second long side substantially equal distant from the first short side and the half-court line; and   an eighth inbounding circle positioned outside the substantially rectangular shaped playing area along the second long side substantially equal distant from the second short side and the half-court line.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , where there are no ten second calls. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , where there are no free throws. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , where there are no over and back calls. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , where there are no closely guarded five second calls. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , where there are no calls against an offensive or defensive player for goal-tending after ball touches the rim. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1 , where substitutions may come in one at a time per offensive possession, without checking in at the scorer's table. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 1 , where there is one time out allowed per team per game. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 1 , where there are no taking charges or flopping. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 1 , where the defensive player must make a defensive play instead of taking a charge. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 1 , where after the referee makes a call, the ball is immediately put into play at any one of the designated circles out of bounds.