Across
- 2. City where basketball was invented in 1891
- 5. Playing surface nickname
- 7. Original equipment used instead of hoop
- 9. Global sporting event where basketball debuted in 1936
- 11. Famous USA team in 1992 Barcelona Olympics
- 13. Rival league to the NBA in the 1960s-70s
- 14. Continuous bouncing of the ball
- 15. First pro team to dominate basketball history
Down
- 1. Professional basketball league founded in 1946
- 3. Inventor of basketball
- 4. High-Flying shot first banned, later celebrated
- 6. First written guidelines for the sport
- 8. Organization were the game first spread
- 10. Los Angeles team with roots in Minneapolis
- 12. When the ABA joined the NBA in 1976