# Basketball

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Category: Sports
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:24.070Z
Tags: sports, basketball

## Summary

Basketball is the only major team sport with a single inventor and a documented birthday. James Naismith nailed two peach baskets to the gym balcony of the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts on 21 December 1891, and rolled out a list of thirteen rules. Key sections include: Basket ball.; Opening The American game.; Chapter I The peach baskets.; Chapter II The college game first.; Chapter III The professional league.; Chapter IV The first big man.; Chapter V Eleven titles in thirteen years.; Chapter VI Wilt Chamberlain, 2 March 1962.; Chapter VII The other league.; Chapter VIII The 1979 final and after..

## Slide Outline

1. Basket ball.
2. Opening The American game.
3. Chapter I The peach baskets.
4. Chapter II The college game first.
5. Chapter III The professional league.
6. Chapter IV The first big man.
7. Chapter V Eleven titles in thirteen years.
8. Chapter VI Wilt Chamberlain, 2 March 1962.
9. Chapter VII The other league.
10. Chapter VIII The 1979 final and after.
11. Chapter IX Six rings, two threepeats.
12. Chapter X Barcelona, July 1992.
13. Chapter XI The unfashionable dynasty.
14. Chapter XII The Mamba.
15. Chapter XIII Twenty-two seasons and counting.
16. Chapter XIV The shooting revolution.
17. Chapter XV Pace and space.
18. Chapter XVI The data turn.
19. Chapter XVII The global league.
20. Chapter XVIII The women's professional league.
21. Chapter XIX The college-to-pro inflection.
22. Chapter XX The college tournament.
23. Chapter XXI Name, image, likeness.
24. Chapter XXII The 2024–25 NBA.
25. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXIVa The Olympic team.
28. Chapter XXV Resources.
29. Chapter XXVI Why basketball matters.
30. The end of the deck.

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