Basketball history

"Bricolage is a mode of adaptation in which things (mostly commoditites) are put to uses for which they were not intended and in ways that dislocate them from their normal or expected content." This quote from page 78 of our textbook, immediately made me think of how basketball's beginning epitomizes this quote. It's quite remarkable how bricolage occurred to create the game of basketball which is a huge industry.

11/21/1950: The Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers, in the lowest-scoring #NBA game ever (19-18), keeping the ball away from George Mikan by holding it without shooting for minutes at a time. This led to the adoption of the shot clock in 1954. #FlashbackFriday

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Basketball. 1935

When was basketball invented? Read this comprehensive chronology of James Naismith and the Origin of Basketball.

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1992 NBA Finals Game 1: Chicago Bulls vs Portland Trail Blazers (06/03/1992)

Sports have a way of bringing people together in incredible ways. We all stay glued to the screens, in anticipation of what’s to come. We gather with friends and family to enjoy the entertainment that can only be generated by watching a live event, with no definitive outcome in sight. These are the moments we […]