Basket (basketball)

The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith.^[1] The bottom was eventually cut out of the basket, and the basket was eventually replaced with the metal rim and net.^[2][3] Today there are breakaway rims.

Typical professional hoop (left) with backboard (right)

A field goal is a shot that goes through the basket.