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Physical Education teacher James Naismith creates first organized basketball event in 1891 by suspending two baskets ten feet off of the ground.
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The first public basketball game is played on March 11th, 1892
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The first official basketball league is established in 1898
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The Original Celtics faced the Rens in 1939 and win the first ever World Championship for basketball
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Kenny Sailors creates the jump shot in a game.
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The NBA is founded in 1946, and has continued to evolve and become more popular
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The first NBA finals between the Philadelphia Warriors and Chicago Stags is tipped off, which the Warriors would ultimately win 4 games to one
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The three point line is introduced to the NBA in the 1979 season, after testing it in the preseason
