Plural of basketball; the balls used in the sport, or multiple games of basketball.
From 'basket' + 'ball'. The sport was named for its original peach-basket goal, creating a naturally descriptive compound word.
The original 'basket' goal in basketball had the bottom intact—players had to retrieve the ball after each shot until someone finally cut a hole in the bottom, which actually sped up the game!
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