basketball History

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  1. 3. How many points Wilt Chamberlain scored in a game, a record still not broken
  2. 7. Jazz great who was the All Time Assists Leader
  3. 8. BAA team from Providence
  4. 11. Won titles with the Celtics and stole the ball to preserve Game 7 win in 1965
  5. 13. Ohio native who won championships with at least 3 different teams
  6. 17. Father of the game of basketball
  7. 19. Created the Harlem Globetrotters
  8. 21. Wilt "The ________" Chamberlain
  9. 22. Broke the color barrier with the Boston Celtics
  10. 24. Nations best college player in 1972, led team USA
  11. 25. Acronym for the 1925 league originally won by the Celtics
  12. 26. League created by Ned Irish who owned Madison Square Garden
  13. 28. Dr. Naismith tried his game out on students here
  14. 29. 1st NBA Championship won by this team and led by George Mikan
  15. 30. He averaged a Triple Double for the 1961-62 season
  16. 32. Team USA in the 1992 Olympics
  17. 35. Big man and captain of the Boston Celtics who will win 11 Championships
  18. 36. Goggle wearing superstar who led the NBA in scoring until Lebron James
  19. 37. Sweetwater who broke the color barrier also for the Knicks
  20. 38. Arguably the greatest NBA player in basketball history
  21. 40. Rival league in the 70's to the NBA who will merge into the NBA
  22. 42. Created the first basketball shoes and became the major manufacturer of basketballs
  23. 43. Celtic iconic point guard, Houdini of the Hardwood
  24. 45. Created in 1927 by Abe Saperstein, longest running barnstorming basketball team in history
  25. 46. How african American teams could play basketball and get paid for it
  26. 49. BAA team from Philadelphia
  27. 50. Original big man for the Minneapolis Lakers
  28. 51. Type of crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant
  29. 53. BAA Team from New York
  30. 55. BAA team from Boston
  31. 56. Their home was Madison Square Garden
  32. 57. He originated the jump shot
  33. 59. The most visible player in the ABA, high flying dunks
  34. 60. Warriors legend who scored 100 points in a game
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  1. 1. Nickname for the Renaissance Big 5
  2. 2. 1972 Olympic games were held here, basketball controversy
  3. 4. Sadly died in a helicopter crash along with one of his daughters
  4. 5. The BAA chose their team names based on this
  5. 6. Major change to the game in 1932
  6. 9. BAA team from Chicago
  7. 10. The first official basketball league
  8. 12. One of only 2 players to average a triple double for an entire season
  9. 14. Created a super team with Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade and LeBron James and won NBA titles
  10. 15. Points in a game scored by Kobe Brytan to challenge Wilt's 100
  11. 16. Number of times Bill Russell has been an NBA Champion
  12. 18. Came to LA to lead the Lakers and begin the Showtime dynasty
  13. 20. The Logo, won 1970 playoff game with 60 foot shot
  14. 23. Only college player chose to the Dream Team in 1992
  15. 24. Basketball was taken from a version of this kids game
  16. 27. Dynasty with the Splash Brothers
  17. 31. All black traveling team in the 1930's created by Robert Douglass
  18. 33. One of the early pioneers who broke the color barrier of basketball
  19. 34. Balls were thrown into these to be counted as goals
  20. 39. Celtic legend who rivaled Magic Johnson
  21. 41. First Japanese American player who broke through the color barrier in NY
  22. 44. NY Knicks legend who overcame injury to help win an NBA title
  23. 47. Hoopers have been nicknamed this since 1896 when wire mesh was placed around the court
  24. 48. BAA team from St. Louis
  25. 52. Pacers legend who helped bring down the Knicks
  26. 54. Leader of the Washington Capitals and later Boston Celtics
  27. 58. Type of sneaker Rawlings made for basketball players