How does gravity effect basketball?

Answer 1

It is very useful to have gravity present on the court while a Basketball game is in
progress. It makes the game more exciting. Gravity holds the players down on the
floor, and if one of them should jump up, it always brings him back down so that he
may continue his participation in the game with all of his team-mates which I am sure
they all appreciate. Also in addition as well, gravity helps immeasurably in the
skillful art of dribbling the ball, and finally but not least, whenever a player
becomes inspired to attempt a score and throws the ball out of his hands and
away from himself in an upward direction, gravity is always there to pull the ball
down after it has reached a certain amount of altitude and hopefully through the
hoop. If gravity could not be relied upon, then the only possible way to score
would be through the hoop in the upward direction, following which the ball might
very well come to rest on the ceiling, and a new ball would need to be put into
play. Yes it's true. Gravity is our good friend and we are lucky to have it, especially
where it comes to exciting competitive sports.