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A cantilever boom supports a padded basketball hoop above a specified area of a playing surface in a normal horizontal position. The arm can swing universally to permit substantial vertical and/or sideways deflection of the hoop by the application of corresponding forces thereto, such as during the

A cantilever boom supports a padded basketball hoop above a specified area of a playing surface in a normal horizontal position. The arm can swing universally to permit substantial vertical and/or sideways deflection of the hoop by the application of corresponding forces thereto, such as during the practice of dunk shots. Resilient members bias the hoop to its normal position.

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In a basketball goal structure including a basketball hoop and means for supporting the hoop in a normal horizontal position, the improvement comprising the supporting means including pivot means mounting the hoop for tilting bodily downward from such horizontal position about a generally horizontal

In a basketball goal structure including a basketball hoop and means for supporting the hoop in a normal horizontal position, the improvement comprising the supporting means including pivot means mounting the hoop for tilting bodily downward from such horizontal position about a generally horizontal axis located generally behind the hoop by the application of a downward force to the hoop such as the force which may be exerted on the hoop by a player during the execution of a dunk shot for protecting the goal structure from being damaged by force exerted on the hoop during execution of such shot.