History of Basketball

First game of Basketball

Mar 11, 1892

The first game of basketball was played in Springfield, MA

First basketball in the summer olympics

Jul 18, 1936

Men basketball was introduced into the olympics since then the US has won 14 of the 17 tournaments

NBA is created

Oct 2, 1949

The National Basketball Association is created

First Nba Chapionship

Apr 18, 1950

The Minneapolis Lakers win the first NBA championship against the Syracuse Nationals

Celtics 7 year Championship span

Dec 18, 1959

The Boston Celtics begin their 7 championship span

Dream Team Created

Jun 10, 1992

Basically this was the first time that USA was going to send active NBA players to the Summer Olympics they were automatically destined for greatness each game winning by atleast 30

Greatest win by the dream team ever

Jun 28, 1992

Team USA or the Dream Team played in one of their greatest games ever. These players basically shaped basketball. they ended up winning the game against Cuba 136-57 winning by 79 points one of if not the greatest defecit at a professional level.