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Who are the basketball players who have smashed the backboard?
OK i normally do not answer my own question but after seeing people time after time nameing Shaq as the FIRST person to brake the backboard in a NBA game i had to ... SO HERE IT IS .... Although Daryl Dawkins made it famous, lots of trivia sites and fan sites say the first backboard (a wooden one) broken in the NBA was by none other than Chuck Connors, who later went on to star as TV's Rifleman
What the rim is attached to?
The backboard.
Who was the first player to shatter a glass backboard with a dunk in the NBA?
Chuck Connors in 1946 playing for the Boston Celtics. When playing for the Boston Celtics in 1946, Connors took a set shot during pregame warm-ups, hitting the front of the rim. Because an arena worker had failed to place a protective piece between the rim and backboard, the backboard shattered.
What is the chemistry of a basketball hoop?
The backboard is from plexiglass or glass.
What year was the square added to the backboard?
The day i was born.
