Across
- 1. this NY team played in the first BAA game in 1946
- 3. Basketball was introduced to this country in 1893
- 4. place where basketball is played today
- 9. first game was played in Toronto in 1946
- 10. The NBA started with this many teams
- 13. The NBA has grown to this many teams
- 14. the shot clock is 24 _______
- 18. type of shot introduced in the 1979-1980 season
- 19. Basketball creator last name
Down
- 2. the first country outside of the United States to play basketball
- 5. basketball was originally only played in a _____
- 6. how old the NBA is
- 7. what were adopted in 1912-13
- 8. The first hoops were made of baskets for this fruit
- 11. Basketball is played in this season
- 12. the type of shot that was the only score in the first BAA game
- 15. top professional basketball league in the United States
- 16. Yao Ming is from this country
- 17. original team from Boston that is still popular today
- 19. The other basketball league the BAA merged with