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It happened during the 1923 Far Eastern Games. [2] The highest single game total in worldwide organized basketball history, irrespective of gender, age or competition level, is 272 points, scored by a 13-year-old boy named Mats Wermelin of Sweden. [3] [4] He recorded every single point in his team's 272–0 win on February 5, 1974, during a ...
This was done to increase the speed of the game, by forcing the team with the basketball to shoot the ball before the 24-second timer is up. Finally, the NBA introduced the three-point line, in the 1979–1980 season. This was done to spread out the players, which were predominantly playing underneath the basket at this time as well as add a ...
James Naismith. James Naismith ( NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was an American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. [ 1][ 2][ 3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of ...
Live Drafts Start: Thursday, August 22. Live Drafts End: Sunday, March 9. Game Start Date: Tuesday, October 22. Game End Date: Sunday, April 13. Default Trade Deadline: Thursday, March 6. Default ...
The three-second rule was introduced in 1936 and was expressed as such: no offensive player, with or without the ball, could remain in the key, for three seconds or more. The three-second rule came about in part following a game at Madison Square Garden between the University of Kentucky (UK) and New York University (NYU) in 1935, won by NYU 23 ...
Attendance. 4,124. Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. It is widely considered one of the greatest records ...
List of NBA single-game scoring leaders. This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 60 or more points in a regular season game. This feat has been accomplished 89 times in NBA history. Thirty-six players have scored 60 or more points in a game, while just ten players have joined the 70-point club.
Six-on-six basketball. Six-on-six basketball or basquette is a largely archaic variant of basketball, usually played by women and girls. It is played with the same rules as regular basketball, with the following exceptions: Teams have six players each instead of five; three "forwards" and three "guards". Only forwards are allowed to shoot the ball.