When the referee throws the ball up between two players to start a game, that is called a jump ball.
Jump ball
It all depends on who got the basketball at the beginning of the game. Whoever gets the ball after the jump ball also gets it fourth quarter. The other team gets the ball second and third quarter. Hope I answered your question! Good luck!
A basketball game will usually start with a jump ball. The referee will toss the ball in the air and the team that gets it gets to start.
a jump ball
A Basketball game will usually start with a jump ball. The referee will toss the ball in the air and the team that gets it gets to start.
If you have the ball in your hands to start with then no, that is called a travel
The team that has the next jump ball.
a tip off. Typically the ref throws the ball in the air between two centers and the centers try to get the ball. Then who ever wins the ball gets to go first. Then the team that didn't win the tip off, gets the ball in the beginning of the 2 and 3rd quarter and the team who won the tip off get it in the 1st and last quarter.
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The game starts with a jump ball where both teams line-up around the center circle and one member from each team attempts to jump up and tap the ball to their team.
Basketball games are started with the opening tip, which is a jump ball. In some competitions, a jump ball is also used to settle held balls (jointly held) and penalty possessions. In others, the alternating possession rule is used.