9 interesting facts about Basketball

• The Boston Celtics are one of the all-time greatest NBA teams. They on the most NBA championships (17), including seven straight from 1960 to 1966.
• Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891. James Naismith was an Canadian physical education instructor at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.
• Michael Jordan scored 16 points in his first official game for Chicago Bulls and the public loved him and became a star right away.
• The first ball use in basketball was actually a soccer ball.
• Three-point shots were established in 1986.
• In 1967, the slam dunk was made illegal! The much-loved dunk was made legal again in 1976.
• Most blocks in NBA career: Hakeem Olajuwon (3,830) .
• Cal Hubbard is the only member of both the baseball and football halls of fame.
• The first basketball game was played 9-on-9.