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The first game of basketball.
James Naismith invented the first game of basketball Dec,1st,1891, Springfield Massachuttes. -
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The History of basketball.
Over the years of the History of basketball -
First basketball game ever played.
The first basketball games ever played was on December,21st,1891,at Springfield which is known now is called Springfield College. The people who played in this game were John J. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, Edwin P. Ruggles, William R. Chase, T. Duncan Patton, Frank Mahan, Finlay G. MacDonald, William H. Davis and Lyman Archibald, who defeated George Weller, Wilbert Carey, Ernest Hildner, Raymond Kaighn, Genzaburo Ishikawa, Benjamin S. French, Franklin Barnes, George Day and Henry Gelan. -
James invented a game for his students.
James had to invent a game for his students because he was a physical education teacher. -
Eastern basketball
Eatern basketball was founded in (1909). -
Metropolitan basketball
Metropolitan was founded in (1921.) One of the most popular basketball leagues. -
The first basketball
The first basketball was stitched together around a rubber bladder, and a typical basketball is 30-31 in (75-78) in circumference. But the first basketball game was played with a soccer ball. -
NBA was founded.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) was only founded in 1946.
