An official basketball court, where competitive games are played, is a rectangle divided into two halves by the midcourt line. On each end of the court, baskets are mounted to a backboard and raised to a height of 3 meters. The backboard is a rectangle that is 1.8 meters wide and 1 meter tall. Players often shoot the ball at an angle so that it ricochets off the backboard and into the basket. __
