Method of playing a basketball game

Abstract

The present invention relates to a basketball court for 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 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.   
     
     
         2 . The basketball court of  claim 1 , 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.   
     
     
         3 . The basketball court of  claim 2  wherein a basketball game is played using the court, 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 basketball game 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. 
 
     
     
         4 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where there are no ten second calls. 
     
     
         5 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where there are no free throws. 
     
     
         6 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where there are no over and back calls. 
     
     
         7 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where there are no closely guarded five second calls. 
     
     
         8 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where there are no calls against an offensive or defensive player for goal-tending after ball touches the rim. 
     
     
         9 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where substitutions may come in one at a time per offensive possession, without checking in at the scorer's table. 
     
     
         10 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where there is one time out allowed per team per game. 
     
     
         11 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where there are no taking charges or flopping. 
     
     
         12 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where the defensive player must make a defensive play instead of taking a charge. 
     
     
         13 . The basketball game of  claim 3 , where after the referee makes a call, the ball is immediately put into play at any one of the designated circles out of bounds.