Basketball history

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  1. 2. Naismith a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing basketball in 1891.
  2. 4. The ______ have won all six NBA Finals in which they've appeared
  3. 5. who played 20 seasons in the NBA, holds the record for most points scored in a career with 38,387.
  4. 8. Chamberlain Philadelphia center _______ scored 100 points in one game
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  1. 1. have won the most NBA championships (17)
  2. 3. The NBA instituted the _________ before the 1979-80 season
  3. 6. The game became an official Olympic event at the ______ summer games
  4. 7. Wilkens Current Atlanta Hawks coach_______ has won more basketball games than any other coach