Talk:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Recreation/Basketball

Who "owns" the goal?
In basketball, the goal a player tries to put the ball into is the opponents. When a person has the ball and is attempting to make a goal, he is playing offence, and the opponent is playing defence. What is the defender defending, his goal or his opponents? The terminology only makes sense if he is defending his own goal. --Jomegat (talk) 23:33, 7 August 2009 (UTC)