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15 Interesting Facts About Basketball
The most obvious fact about the game of basketball is that it's played on an elevated surface or court. The court is bounded by a (usually) rectangular boundary known as the foul line which splits the floor into two equal halves. At each end of this line, there is a basket, one at the bottom of which is where the ball must pass for it to be considered as having been scored.
By Basketball Town News 2 years ago in Unbalanced
The History of Basketball
In 1892, a YMCA gym teacher named James Naismith was at a school in Springfield Massachusetts trying to come up with a new indoor game that would keep children physically active during the cold winter months. The purpose of the game was to keep students ready for spring sports that involved physical activity. He wrote down 13 rules and nailed them to the wall, thus creating basketball.
By Basketball Town News 2 years ago in FYI
Lebron James and Isaiah Stewart Suspended By NBA For On-court Brawl
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers was suspended for one game, and Isaiah Stewart of the Detroit Pistons was suspended for two games, for their roles in a terrible altercation during Sunday's Lakers-Pistons game.
By Basketball Town News 2 years ago in Unbalanced