noun
Refers to the sport itself. The clipped form バスケ is very common in casual speech.
放課後、友達とバスケットボールをした。
After school, I played basketball with my friends.
彼はバスケットボール部に入っている。
He is in the basketball club.
Common casual abbreviation of バスケットボール. Used in everyday conversation but may be too informal for formal contexts.
Loanword from English 'basketball'.