The three men are playing basketball on a blacktop.
The men playing basketball are on a NBA team.
You do not have to be on an NBA team to play basketball. You do not have to play basketball on a blacktop either.
exists e1 x1 x2 x3.(n_man(x1) & card_eq_3(x1) & on(e1,x3) & n_blacktop(x3) & Theme(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_play(e1) & n_basketball(x2))
exists p1 x1 x2 x3.(n_basketball(x1) & of(x1,x3) & n_playing(x3) & of(x1,x2) & n_man(x2) & exists x4 x5.(on(x1,x4) & n_team(x4) & (x4 = x5) & ne_org_nba(x5)))