11/21/2021
The first basketball hoops were peach baskets with an intact bottom. The first string nets were used in the early 1900s.
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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from
11/21/2021
The first basketball hoops were peach baskets with an intact bottom. The first string nets were used in the early 1900s.
11/20/2021
Ray Allen holds the record for shooting the most 3-point scores in a career in basketball. During his whole NBA career, he made 2,973 3-point shots.
11/18/2021
Lynette Woodward became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters.
11/15/2021
The Los Angeles Lakers hold the record for the longest winning streak in NBA history. They won 33 straight basketball games in the 1971/72 season.
11/12/2021
The longest game in basketball history took 78 minutes and was played between the Rochester Royals and Indianapolis Olympians on 6 January 1951. The game was won by the Olympians 75 to 73 in what turned out to be a six-overtime game.
11/09/2021
Basketball might not be as popular in the world as soccer or American football, but it still has a huge audience especially in the US.