The game of basket ball in french is just le basket.
a basket (to put things in) is translated "un panier" in French.The sport basketball is called "basket" or "basket-ball".The French also use "basket" to name a type of sport shoes (sneakers).
Basket is not a French word, but a word borrowed from English. French people use commonly 'basket' to describe the game of basketball, or sport shoes (even the low-cut ones).
Ballon de basket is a French equivalent of the English phrase "basket ball." The masculine singular phrase translates literally as "ball of (the) basket" in English. The pronunciation will be "ba-lod ba-skey" in Alsatian and Cevenol French.
"Jouer au basket" or "faire un basket"
It means 'basket' as in 'a basket of apples'.
panier
"Basketball" is spelled "Basket-ball" in French.
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"A basketball."
A basket
le basket