London 2012 Google Doodle: Playable basketball

Published Aug 8 2012, 09:36 BST  |  By Mayer Nissim

Google has introduced its latest playable Google Doodle to mark the London 2012 Olympics.

Following yesterday's hurdles, basketball is celebrated today (August 8) with a new interactive game.



> Play the Google Doodle basketball game here

Users press the spacebar for the correct length of time to score a basket.

The goal is to score as many two-point baskets as possible within the 24 seconds of allotted time.



After marking the start of the games with a doodle featuring several sports, the search giant has featured individual events with new drawings each day.

Other recent playable Google Doodles have included a Moog synthesiser to mark the anniversary of the birth of inventor Robert Moog.

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