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A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball. It is similar to a face-off in ice hockey and field lacrosse and a ball-up in Australian rules football. Two opposing players attempt to gain control of the ball after an official tosses it into the air between them.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Jump ball | is a | method used to begin or resume play in basketball | 0.90 | text |
| Jump ball | related to history | James Naismith's | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to history | The NCAA | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to history | The NBA | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to history | NCAA's | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to history | The | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to history | League | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to history | Advocates | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to Technique | Jump | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to Technique | In | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to Technique | NBA | 0.60 | section |
| Jump ball | related to Technique | There | 0.60 | section |
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