history of the NBA

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  1. 3. First professional basketball league formed in 1898
  2. 5. The man who invented basketball in 1891
  3. 6. First NBA team to win 17 championships
  4. 9. City where basketball was invented
  5. 12. The original "basket" used as a hoop
  6. 14. Country where James Naismith was born
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  1. 1. NBA team Michael Jordan played for most of his career
  2. 2. Basketball was added to these international games in 1936
  3. 4. First college to play a basketball game in 1895
  4. 6. Legendary player who scored 100 points in a single game
  5. 7. First African-American player in the NBA
  6. 8. University where the first women’s basketball game was played in 1893
  7. 10. Early basketball games used a soccer __ instead of a basketball
  8. 11. Country where basketball was first played
  9. 13. Organization formed in 1946 that later became the NBA