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Basketball Trivia
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Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and baseball seasons.
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basketball is part of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games?
- In 1962, the Libyan men's basketball team included the world's tallest athlete. He stood 8 foot 0.4 inches tall, one of the few men ever to be measured over 8 ft.
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The Larry O'Brien Trophy is awarded to the winner of the NBA playoffs. The trophy is a statue of a basketball on plinth, made out of silver and vermeil. Prior to 1984 the trophy was known as the NBA Championship Trophy.
