All About Basketball

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Across
  1. 2. What did the peach baskets not have?
  2. 3. Popularizer of the slam dunk.
  3. 8. Prominent feature of Naismith's first team.
  4. 11. Nickname of the shortest guard.
  5. 13. "The first pro league formed in eighteen-____."
  6. 14. These keep sweat out of players' eyes.
  7. 15. "College teams sprang up ____."
  8. 16. Seconds remaining.
  9. 19. Their basketballs are a bit smaller.
  10. 20. Heights of centers Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol. (One-one, two-two, etc.)
  11. 22. What marks the court?
  12. 24. "Most baskets count for ____ points."
Down
  1. 1. "___ ____ shots are worth three points."
  2. 4. "So he nailed two ____ _____ to the wall."
  3. 5. One of the most popular sports in the world.
  4. 6. Teacher ___ ____.
  5. 7. What do defenders steal?
  6. 9. "The new sport caught on. People around the ____ played it."
  7. 10. "The winter of 1891 was _____ cold in Massachusetts.
  8. 12. How many times have the Boston Celtics won the NBA title?
  9. 17. "The idea behind basketball is ____."
  10. 18. Who invented the dunk?
  11. 21. "The longest NBA game went through ___ overtime periods."
  12. 23. What do you need to play basketball?