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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.
Witch video games can you break the backboard?
nba jam nba ballers ncaa 2002 and that's all folks
What do they do if the backboard breaks in the NBA?
Play is halted while arena workers bring out a new backboard and replace the broken one. This usually takes 15-20 minutes. If there was a shooting foul called on the play, the player that was fouled shoots the free throws once play resumes. Otherwise, the team in possession inbounds the ball as normal once play resumes.
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
Who was the first NBA player to shatter a glass backboard with a dunk in the NBA and how many species?
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins broke the board with a nasty 2 handed jam way before Shaq could even touch the ring.
