Team Sports
Basketball score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
Two teams score by shooting a ball through the other team’s hoop. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Basketball
Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it.
- Any size from 1v1 up to 5v5. Uneven sides count too.
- Record the score, or just who won.
- Add points for each player if you like.
- Draws count.
The basics
How to play Basketball
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- Players5 a side officially. 3v3 and 1v1 are common in parks.
- How to winHave more points at the end.
- The official gameOfficial games are four quarters of 10 or 12 minutes. A level score goes to overtime.
- How groups differPark games often play first to 11 or 21, with baskets worth 1 and 2. Agree before you start.
- A basket is 2 points. From behind the arc it is 3. A free throw is 1.
- Bounce the ball as you move. Once you stop dribbling, you can’t start again.
- Walking with the ball in your hands is travelling.
- Pushing, holding or hitting someone’s arm is a foul.
- After a basket, the other team takes the ball from behind the end line.
- Fouled while shooting? You get free throws.
Play better
Basketball tips
- Keep your eyes up when you dribble.
- Move without the ball to get open.
- Get between your player and the hoop for rebounds.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Basketball, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
Log a game · Results everyone approves · Head-to-head records · Guest players · Cups and tournaments · How to play guides
Questions
Basketball in log8: questions
Can I keep Basketball scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Basketball is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the winner or a draw, with the score if you kept it. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Basketball?
Have more points at the end.
How many people play Basketball?
5 a side officially. 3v3 and 1v1 are common in parks.
Do people play Basketball differently?
Park games often play first to 11 or 21, with baskets worth 1 and 2. Agree before you start.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Basketball rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team