field-goal attempts He also made 28 of 32 free-throw attempts in a 169 147 victory over the New York Knicks Today LeBron James is one of the NBA’s greatest players He’s won the NBA MVP Award four times He also won two championships with the Miami Heat Then in 2016 he won a title with his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team won 11 NCAA titles between 1995 and 2016 Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has become a star too Curry’s dad Dell played in the NBA Stephen was considered too small to become an elite player But he turned himself into a two-time NBA MVP and won the league title in 2016 Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world As Garnett said in this game anything is possible Superstar LeBron James right won the NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 8
2 BASKET BALL dr dr James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield Massachusetts in 1891 He wanted to create a game his students could play indoors during the cold New England winters Peach baskets were hung at each end of the school’s gymnasium Naismith had students throw soccer balls into them A man on a ladder retrieved the ball after a basket was made Naismith wrote 13 rules for this new game He called it Basket Ball The first game was played in 1892 It featured nine players on each team Today the game is played with five players per side In 1894 Naismith Dr James Naismith center instructs members of the University of Kansas fencing club in 1930 almost 40 years after he invented basketball 10 10
