History
A team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting ball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
What is basketball?
This team, though eliminated in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs, is the current reigning NBA Champion.
Who are the Los Angeles Lakers?
This player holds the record for most points scored in an NBA game. He scored 100 points!
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
Olympic Basketball officially began play in this year.
What is 1936?
3 titles in 5 years. This team showed you that team ball beat out all-stars any day. This Texas team won rings 5 times, but won a ring every other year from 2003-2007.
Who are the San Antonio Spurs?
In 1891, this Canadian Professor created this game as a method of keeping his gym class active during a rainy day.
Who is James Naismith?
This NBA Player broke the color barriers, becoming the first ever Black man to play in the NBA. He won his only championship in 1955.
Who is Earl Lloyd?
This NBA Player tends to get left out of the GOAT conversation, but he has won 13 NBA Championships: 11 as a player, and 2 as a coach.
Who is Bill Russell?
This Country has been the most successful country in Olympic Basketball History, with the men winning 15 out of 18 tournaments they have played and the women winning 8 out of 10 tournaments they have played.
Who are the United States?
This team gave us the most recent dynasty, winning titles in 2015, 2017 and 2018, their reign began when they defeated the kid from Akron after he returned to his hometown team.
Who are the Golden State Warriors?
Before the hoop that we see on every basketball court, this item was used as the "basket" when the game was created.
What is a peach basket?
This team, along with the Toronto Raptors, began as a new franchise in 1995. The Grizzlies only lasted in this city for 6 seasons before moving to Memphis, Tennessee.
What is Vancouver?
A member of the "Showtime" Laker teams, this 8-time NBA Champion (6 as a player, 2 as a coach) is the player who has scored the most points in NBA history, scoring 38,387 in 20 Seasons.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
This team was formed in 1992, featuring Professional players for the very first time. Their nickname was made because of the roster being filled with All-Stars and future Hall of Famers.
Who are the Dream Team?
Who are the Chicago Bulls?
Starting in 1997, this league serves as a counterpart to the NBA, being the premier women's league in the United States.
What is the WNBA?
This woman played basketball in the WNBA for 15 seasons before becoming the first-ever woman to work full time as an assistant coach, and is a finalist for a chance to becoming the first woman ever to become a head coach in the NBA.
Who is Becky Hammon?
This Player wasn't the greatest player (although he did win 2 titles as a player in the 70's), but he is known as one of the greatest coaches of all time, winning 11 titles from 1991-2010. He coached Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
Who is Phil Jackson?
This team was formed in 2008, after Top NBA players stopped participating in Olympic Competition. After losing in 2004, these players joined forces to "Redeem" themselves.
Who is the Redeem Team?
This team has held 3 dynasties in two different states (Minnesota and California), winning 5 championships from 1949-1954, 5 championships from 1980-1988, and a three-peat from 2000-2002.
Who are the Lakers?
A professional basketball league in North America, composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. It is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world
What is The National Basketball Association (NBA)?
This team became the first NBA team to win a championship that is NOT located in the United States.
Who are the Toronto Raptors?
This former player is known as "The Logo". He is the only player to win Finals MVP while being a part of the losing team. He also is an NBA Champion and an 8-time Champion while being an executive.
Who is Jerry West?
This team defeated the United States in 1972 after controversial calls led to a major upset in Olympic Basketball history. The United States had never lost a tournament prior to this game since the inception of Basketball at the Olympic Games in 1936.
Who is the Soviet Union?
This team, located in Massachusetts, once held the record for most NBA champions. They still hold the distinction of winning 11 championships from 1957-1969, including winning 8 titles in a row.
Who are the Boston Celtics?