Basketball

Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high mounted to a backboard at each end.

Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #16)
Sooley
Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers #2)
Game Changer (King of the Court, #1)
Beautiful Broken Love
Technical (St. Louis Cyclones #2)
Coming Home
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Shot Taker (King of the Court, #2)
The Pass (Smart Jocks, #5)
Play Maker (King of the Court, #3)
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness (Tim Grover Winning Series)
Hoops: A Graphic Novel
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
Rez Ball
The Right Move (Windy City, #2)
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
The Crossover
When the Game Was Ours
The Breaks of the Game
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
Michael Jordan: The Life
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
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334 books — 81 voters

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457 books — 688 voters
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18 books — 12 voters

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475 books — 25 voters


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