Basketball is one of the most fast paced sports that is televised. It is full of nail-biting moments, and trick plays. Basketball is the highest scoring sport, and is  packed with excitement. The average height of a NBA player is 6 "7" and the average weight is 225 pounds. As a result at the extreme heights, anyone under 6"3" looks short. The basketball rim is 10 feet off the ground, held up by a backboard, which is attached to a pole, making it very durable. Due to this durability, and the height f the NBA players causes for a unique and very cool move in the game called a dunk. A dunk is when a player jumps up and manually puts the ball though the rim, opposed to shooting it. The dunk has greatly evolved, and been made into a lot if new things. A run off of the dunk, called the alley-oop, has made the game have various highlight reel plays. A alley-oop is when a player tosses the ball up to another player, and the other player proceeds to dunk the ball in mid air.

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