In the 21.sup.st Century Challenge America Basketball Game, the three-point line is placed at eighteen feet and enhanced with a 56.25 degree elliptical arc meaning the three-point shot can increase in length from eighteen to twenty four feet as the player moves to the top of the key. A four-point shot has been introduced. The basket use has been raised to between ten feet one inch to fifteen feet eleven inches depending on agreed level and selection of play and division level of play. Shots made "in the paint" are worth one point. The game is played on a one hundred foot court.