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  • Q: Now, Broadway, you know I love this game of basketball, right?

  • Broadway: I love this game.

  • Q: And, I want to make sure I'm playing the game the right way.

  • Broadway: Yeah.

  • Q: So, can you explain to me the basic rules of what we're trying to do when we're playing

  • the game of basketball?

  • Broadway: First of all, you have to dribble the ball . . .

  • Q: Dribble the ball.

  • Broadway: Up the court.

  • Q: Up the court.

  • Broadway: And, once you stop your dribble . . .

  • Q: Yeah.

  • Broadway: . . . you have to pass it to somebody.

  • Q: OK.

  • Broadway: You got 5 seconds . . .

  • Q: Five seconds?

  • Broadway: . . . or you will get a Five-Second Violation.

  • Q: OK. OK.

  • Broadway: So, you can't take the ball and run around . . .

  • Q: You can't run around with it.

  • Broadway: No, no.

  • Q: No, no, no.

  • Broadway: You've got to maintain the dribble . . .

  • Q: OK.

  • Broadway: . . . until you're ready to make a pass.

  • Q: OK. And, we got five players on the court.

  • Broadway: Five players on the court.

  • Q: And, you all work together to score baskets on either end?

  • Broadway: That's what's called "team basketball."

  • Q: Team basketball.

  • Broadway: Two sides to the game. Offense . . .

  • Q: Offense.

  • Broadway: . . . and Defense.

  • Q: Defense. Offense, obviously trying to score baskets. Defense, trying to prevent the other

  • team from scoring baskets on you. Right?

  • Broadway: Yep. In most games . . .

  • Q: Yeah.

  • Broadway: . . . standard high school games, you get about five Timeouts.

  • Q: Right. Right. Oh, Timeouts too?

  • Broadway: Yeah. Quarters are about eight minutes.

  • Q: Eight minutes?

  • Broadway: Yeah. Usually two to three referees in a game.

  • Q: OK. Yep, yep.

  • Broadway: And, you have all kinds of different rules. Three-Second Violation.

  • Q: Right?

  • Broadway: You can't stand in the painted area more than three seconds.

  • Q: Three seconds. Now, we can't forget about the outside lines.

  • Broadway: No, that's called out of bounds.

  • Q: Out of bounds. Sidelines, baselines and we have the half-court line.

  • Broadway: Yeah. Once you come across one side of half court, you can't retreat and go back

  • across that line or that's called a back court violation.

  • Q: Back Court, right, right. Lots of rules, man.

  • Broadway: Lots of rules but you got to know the game in order to know how to play the

  • game.

  • Q: That's true. That's true. That's true.

  • Broadway: It's like your game.

  • Q: Right. What game is that?

  • Broadway: That other game.

  • Q: Oh, you know I was doing that? When I get the (?).

  • Broadway: Yeah, yeah.

  • Q: You know what I'm saying? But, that's a different game. We don't even want to talk

  • about that.

  • Broadway: Yeah, yeah.

  • Q: Right now, we're talking about the game you love.

  • Broadway: Yeah.

  • Q: Basketball.

  • Broadway: I love another game.

  • Q: What other game you like?

  • Broadway: I used to play catch and kiss.

  • Q: What?

  • Cut that out. You know what? Check this out. If you guys want to know more about the rules,

  • check out these videos that we're going to show you. But, that's the basic rules of how

  • to play basketball, with the Harlem Wizards.

Q: Now, Broadway, you know I love this game of basketball, right?

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