"Copa del Rey" Bilbao 2010

Hi everybody, since all this Febraury month, 8 teams have played the playoffs of the "Copa del Rey".

Barça And Madrid have played today the final, the winner is Regal Barça

The match has been quite interesting, and the two teams have played as well as they know, but Barça has made a fantastic game and has won the match by 19 points.

REGAL BARÇA --80

REAL MADRID --61

Some vocabulary

block


Dunk


three-points shoot


free shoot


coach


basket



assistence


dribling

The basketball players

In a match one team has got five players in the couch:
1- Point guard: is the team's general game former and the best ball controller on the team. He say the diferent plays and directs the team. Normally he is the shortest person
in the team. A mytic point guard is Magic Johnson. Point guard means "base" in catalan
2- Shooter guard: is usually a got shooter, plays near the 6.25 line and help the point guard. The shooter guard is taller than the point guard and he is the principal scorer of the team. A
fantastic shooter guard is Kobe Bryant. Shooter guard means "escolta" in catalan
3- Small forward: is typically shorter, quicker than power forwards
and centers. The Small forward have a good shoot and play between the zone and 6.25 line.
He help the center and the power forward to took the rebounds. A great small forward is Lebron
James. Small forward means "alero" in catalan.
4- Power forward: .He and the center are the tallest and highest people in the team. He catches a lot of rebounds and scores a lot of points. He plays in the zone. A mytic power forward is Karim Abdul Jabar. Power forward means "ala-pivot" in catalan.
5- Center: He and the power forward are the tallest and highest players in the team. He scores a lot of points and play into the zone with the forward. In defense he plays under the basket and makes a lot of blocks. A huge center is Shaquille O'neal. Center means "pivot" in catalan

Rules of basketball

Hello!!
This are the principals rules for play basketball:

1) The ball must be thrown in any direction whit the hands
2) A player can't run whit de ball on the hands, he can only do 1 steps before throwing the ball (3 steps in the NBA rules)
3) A player can't jump with the ball in the hands
4) When one player has five fouls is expelled
5) A player can't hit another player. This is a foul.
6) There are three types of scoring in basketball. If is a normal shot thescore is 2 points, if
it's a shot in a distance of 6.25meters ( 7meters on the NBA) or more the score is 3 points and if it is a free shot the score is 1
7) Wins the team who score more points
8) One match lasts 48 minutes in NBA and 40 minutes in ACB. The match time divided in four periods of 10 minutes each part in ACB or 12 minutes in NBA
9) The players of a team have to wear an official equipation
10) A player can't bound the ball, stop it and later continue bounding it, this is a reglament

violation

11) When the center or powerd forward are 3 seconds in the zone when they are i attack position this is a violation and the ball possession changes

History of Basketball.

Hello we are Miquel and Joel and this is our blog about basketball, here you can see how basketball was created, the most important leagues around the world, the basketball vocabulary etc. We hope you'll enjoy it.

First of all: a little bit of history.

Basketball was created in a strange way.
James Nashmith created a revolutionary sport.
James was responsible to create a sport that people could play indoor and using the hands, james didn't have any idea about how to do it, but one day, playing American Football, a bad directioned shoot went into a bin of the stadium.
James thought it could be a good way to create a sport, and soon began to think the rules and the court.

At first basketball was played with footballs, there were 9 players on each team, the three-points line didn't exist and players couldn't dunk.

Now rules have been modified and have made basketball more interesting and exciting.

JAMES NASHMITH