Basketball Organized basketball【T1】______two teams of five players each. The players score points by【T2】______into a raised basket. The game of basketball was【T3】______in 1891 by a【T4】______ who wanted to create a team sport that【T5】______during the winter. People immediately enjoyed basketball's【T6】______and fast action. In just a few years, it became so【T7】______that people started【T8】______basketball games. Then American【T9】______took the game to Europe during World War One. In 1936, basketball became part of the【T10】______at the Olympic Games.