Basketball History
All about the history of basketball. Includes questions about the first game ever played, the history of how basketball was created, and about the most points ever scored in one game.
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XwizardgodxThere is no unanimous verdict on this question, but more people believe that Michael Jordan is better than anyone else right now...
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Jon Atlas was the key player
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Sam Cassell 1994 with Houston. There are some more, I think.
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The first Air Jordan model featured the "winged basketball" Air Jordan logo on the outside at approximately ankle level. Air...
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Go here and search: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal
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They stopped using the soccer ball, and used a larger ball for basketball in 1894.
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1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2005 = 8
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Abraham Saperstein who also founded the Harlem Globetrotters also Jewish. From England founded the NBA. Here's the book I read it...
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Wilt Chamberlain's Philadelphia Warriors beat the New York Knicks 169-147 in Chamberlain's 100 point game on March 2, 1962. Wilt...
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Ozzie Schectman of the New York Knickerbockers scored the first points in NBA history on Niovember 1, 1946 in a game between the...
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Jordan won 6 NBA titles - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998.
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There are 29 players who born in Memphis, such as Anfernee Hardaway, Louis Williams
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There were only two and they were John Salley(with the Pistons,Bulls, and Lakers) and Robert Horry(with the Rockets,Lakers, and...
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Wilt Chamberlain also holds the record for second most points with 78. The most points by a player not named Wilt Chamberlain is...
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Basketball was first played in 1891 in Springfield, Masschusetts in the United States. thats greatim 69 and i saw basketball when...
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Dr. James Naismith needed a sport for people play in the winter so he started throwing balls into peach baskts.
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AnswerRobert Horry has seven NBA Championship rings.
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Chicago and New York
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Good, better, best Never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best The meaning is that if you try, there...
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Micheal Jordan, Wilt"the stilt" chamberlain, Magic, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Dwanye wade, Spudd Webb, and...
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Kentucky 1901 wins
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JoJo White Bobby Hurley of Duke with 1076 assists.
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1999 San Antonio Spurs 2000 Los Angeles Lakers 2001 Los Angeles Lakers 2002 Los Angeles Lakers 2003 San Antonio Spurs 2004...
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Most NBA Points Scored100 Points By Wilt Chambermanthen kobe bryant with 83
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The Lakers won 33 in a row during the 1971-1972 season. In NCAA history, Kentucky has the all-time streak at 129 straight home...
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AnswerMy home town. Spfld, Massachusetts. James Naismith was a gym teacher who invented the game using peach baskets mounted to...
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Boston Celtics have 17 championships.
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Kobe Bryant has won the NBA Championship fives times. He won in these years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010.
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No! but he does have a form of cancer
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Gary Payton played for the Milwaukee Bucks, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics, and the Miami Heat. He only won one...
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towson university
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AnswerThey have more rulesMore people playThere are more teamsPeople are more interested in playingMore people watch basketball...
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It means that the pitcher has thrown the ball and so they can't hit it "3 strikes and you're out!"
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Visibility. Orange is easy to see.
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needed a way to give shooters a chance to score if they were fouled while shooting
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Robert Horry has seven NBA Championship rings. Two for the Rockets (93-94, 94-95) Three for the Lakers (99-00, 00-01, 01-02) ...
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Bob Cousy won 6 championships (All were with Russell), Jordan and Pippen won 6 with the Bulls. Kareem won 6, including 1 with the...
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Bill Russell has won the most with 11 championships. He was on the Celtics and made them extremely successful with his lightning...
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The Philadelphia Warriors won the 1946/47 championship by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one.
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Wind sprints as I understand them are athletic drills where the athlete must run as fast as he or she can between two set points,...
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17 championships.
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a change that has been made in basketball is the 3-point shot Also dunking was added...
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Jane Martin only women to play int the NBA. The year was 1972 with the Pacers
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Len Boas died of Cocaine overdose.Len Bias (not Boas) was number #2 overall pick in the NBA draft and was ACC player of the year,...
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his average was 28.4 during his last year in high school
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Chris Ford
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Each month does not have a different emphasis on play in the NBA.
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The Phoenix Suns drafted Steve Nash in the 1996 draft...first round, 15th pick.
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This year's (2008) Men's NCAA college basketball Final Four is being held at: San Antonio, Texas.
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Highway robbery
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They never cut holes in the bottom of peach baskets. Every time a shot was amde they had to climb a ladder and get the ball down....
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KOBE BRYANT - 81 Points Most points, single game Pts Player, Team Opp Year 100 Wilt Chamberlain, Phil NY 3/2/62 81 Kobe...
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Dec. 21, 1891.
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dime is a slang term for a feddy pass
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pete meravich calvin murphy freeman williams rick mount
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Knight coached the the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers That IU squad was the last undefeated NCAA IA Basketball Champion
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Keving Garnett with 12.8 rpg
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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was established in 1959 and the first Hall of Fame building opened in 1968 in...
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The most common sport is soccer. It is played in nearly every country. Lots of sports are useful. Running is very useful before...
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There was one format from 1980 - 1983 and a different format from 1984 through the rest of the 80s and until 2003. 1979-80...
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They used a peach basket and a soccerball.
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Phil Jackson has won 11 championships. Five with the Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2010) and six with the...
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The Washington Bullets drafted Chris Webber. Webber was not drafted by the Bullets. Orlando Magic Drafted Webber in the 1993...
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The odds of a high school athlete's becoming a pro football, baseball, or basketball player are 837 to 1.
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Answerjordans older brother Larry use to wear the #45, Jordan wanting to be like his brother wanted to wear the same number which...
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John Wooden, who led the UCLA Bruins to 10 NCAA Championships (included 7 championships in a row from 1967 to 1973). Wooden was...
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on the regular season, 58 wins...
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It is better for bounce and it seals in air better than standard leather.
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The current longest winning streak in boys high school basketball, is True Divine Word Academy of St. Louis, MO. They are a small...
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Lots of them. Just go to nba.com and look for a link that says NBA's 60 greatest Playoff Moments. I know its only the playoffs,...
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Baron Davis 89ft.record set in 2001 against cle.cav
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Phil Jackson of the Los Angeles Lakers has won 11 NBA rings. Red Auerbach of the Celtics comes second with 9 rings.
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Clair Francis Bee
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Robert Horry won two with the Rockets and two with the Spurs and three with the Lakers.
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The first basketballs were made from panels of leather stitched together with a rubber bladder inside. The very first...
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2. The Wolfpack won national titles in 1974 and 1983.
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Shortest NBA Player Earl Boykins is the current shortest NBA player. He is 5'5. All-time shortest NBA player Tyrone Curtis...
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Two. First in the 1969-1970 season and then in the 1972-1973 season. also, we are hoping a third victory will come. this season,...
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The fewest wins in an NBA season is 9 by the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers. Their record that year was 9-73.
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he claimed 30,000
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Professional: Indiana Pacers College: UCLA
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The University of Michigan has been in the NCAA Tournament 23 times but 4 appearances have been vacated due to the scandal...
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Scott skiles
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The first NBA game was played in Toronto, Canada when the New York Knickerbockers played the Toronto Huskies on November 1, 1946.
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Dick Shultz was the head coach before Lute Olsen. The coaches hired after Olsen were George Raveling (83-86), Tom Davis (86-99),...
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i have no idea so tell me plzzzzzzz? Jersey is one of the Channel Islands and a part of Great Britain. When British settlers...
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I can only imagine it follows the clothing trend that says baggy, ill-fitting clothes are stylish. It started as an urban trend,...
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