A basketball game apparatus comprising a playing field having first and second tracks embedded in a court floor, a target supported above the court floor and a basketball. A motorized defensive basketball player figurine coupled in the first track for movement therein and a motorized offensive basketball player figurine coupled in the second track for movement therein. First and second hand-held game control devices wherein each control device alternately controls the movement of the defensive basketball player figurine when in a defensive playing mode and the movement of the offensive basketball player figurine when in an offensive playing mode.