The home team refers to the unit or local or national sports team that competes with the visiting team in sports competitions. The team that plays on its own court is the home team. If the competition is held in a neutral venue, it shall be decided by mutual consent or coin toss.

The visiting team was invited to play against the home team. For example, the NBA, the Lakers and the Houston Rockets play in Houston, so the Rockets are the home team and the Lakers are the visiting team.

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According to the rules of basketball competition, the real significance of the home team lies in the following aspects:

1, the home team ranks first in the tournament order book, and vice versa;

2. The home team is dominated by light-colored clothes, and it is required to contact the visiting team actively to avoid clothing conflicts. In general, the home team is responsible for the clothing conflict;

3. During the competition, the seat of the home team is on the right side of the recording table;

At the beginning of the game, neither side needs to pick sides, and the home team attacks from right to left on the record table. Call home in one's own place and away in the other's court.

Other sports rarely distinguish between home and away, if they are distinguished by analogy.

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