Basketball was created in 1891 by a physical education professor and instructor at what is now Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first official game of basketball was played in Albany, New York in January 1892.
The first NBA basketball game was played on November 1, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between the New York Knickerbockers and the Toronto Huskies. The score was 96-78, with the Knickerbockers winning.
Basketball was first played with a round ball and two peach baskets nailed to a 10 feet high elevated track. The game was developed in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith.
Naismith invented the sport of basketball in 1891 and is often credited with introducing the first football helmet. He also wrote the original basketball rulebook and founded the University of Kansas basketball program.
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The First Game was played in 1891
The first game of basketball was played on December 21st, 1891.
The first game of Basketball was played on December 21st, 1891.
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James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts with baskets and a ball. It is currently played all over the world.
The first basketball game was in Springfield,Massachusetts in 1891.
The first Spalding basketball was made in 1894 by Albert Goodwull Spalding - three years after the invention of the game in 1891. When the game of basketball was first invented, it was actually played with a soccer ball.
A guy named Dr. James Naismith. He invented basketball in Springfield, MA in the year 1891. Basketball was first played at Springfield College, which was a YMCA training school. Basketball was first played by throwing a ball into peach baskets raised high of the ground.
Basketball was first played in a college. The first game, 1891, was in the Y.M.C.A college of physical education, Springfield, U.S.A and they used peach basket suspended as the nets, hence the name BASKETball
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Basketball first came about in early December 1981.