streetball

thumb|275px|Streetballers at the Venice, Los Angeles, California#Venice Beach|Venice Beach basketball courts in [[Los Angeles, California, United States.]]

Streetball (or street basketball) is a variation of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and featuring significantly less formal structure and enforcement of the game's rules. As such, its format is more conducive to allowing players to publicly showcase their own individual skills. Streetball may also refer to other urban sports played on asphalt. It is particularly popular and important in New York City and Los Angeles, though its popularity has spread across the United States due to the game's adaptability. Streetball has also become connected to urban culture, where it functions as a social space, community activity, and form of expression tied to neighborhood identity. In recent decades, streetball has also appeared in popular media through films, television, digital platforms, and commercial entertainment.