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    girls’ toys. Jack had to put up a makeshift basket for Dell to practice with. It was made out of an old light pole and fiberglass board, among other things. The basket could not mimic the exact feel of an authentic NBA basketball, especially when the ball hits the backboard. Hence, Dell had to shoot the ball through the basket for it to go down flawlessly. That was what helped him become a great shooter in his 16-year NBA career. That makeshift basket was the start of how Steph Curry became the…

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    Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith. Dr. Naismith was born in Canada. He was 31 years old and a graduate student from Presbyterian College in Montreal, Canada, when he decided that he wanted to follow his passion of athletics. He moved to Springfield, Massachusetts to study physical education and work as a physical education instructor at Springfield College. The college was also known as the School of Christian Workers, at that time. (Where 1) In his second year of college,…

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    for the one that passes the ball in, Mike’s passing the ball in and Austin and Mccoy are suppose to run towards him, so Trey and I run the opposite way towards our basket, hoping to get a shot off, and Mike threw a perfect pass to Trey at the ten foot line for volleyball in the corner of it and he threw it up and I was under the basket ready to rebound it and I called bank so I would know where it was and to tell everyone behind me. Then it banked in for 3 and we won 32-29 so we stormed the…

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    Also like Australia, NAMCSA uses the food basket but differs in that the South African food basket is based on monthly wages of a household not weekly as in Australia (NAMCSA 2016). The main difference between South Africa and Australia is that South Africa has a regular monitoring system (quarterly and annual reports)…

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    the deficit to one on five occasions in the second half; then they were able to take their first lead since the 17:31 mark of the first half when Colhoff hit a 3-pointer with 4:21 to play that put the YellowJackets ahead 52-50. The two teams traded baskets with junior Jeff Martin putting LETU ahead 54-52 with 2:36 to…

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    called duck on the rock. This involved throwing balls into empty baskets. He realized he could put the baskets at each end of the floor thus allowing his new game to take form. This was the beginining of the game of basketball. In December of 1981 the very first game of basketball was played. Naishmith never wanted to draw attention to himself. His students thought they should name the game Naismith-ball. Naismith felt the name basket-ball would be much better…

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    Did you know that about 22,000 people speak the Cherokee language today, first and foremost in Oklahoma and North Carolina? The Cherokee’s culture and belief has and still is used, Cherokee basketry has lived from prehistoric times to present day, can you believe how old this culture is? Also during the 1800's, the US government created an Indian Territory in Oklahoma and sent all the eastern Native American tribes to live there, the Cherokee called this trail “The trail of tears”, this is one…

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    That was embarrassing I love the game of basketball, even when I score in the other team’s basket. In my defense, I was only six years old and it was my first time being on a basketball team. Me and my older brother Houston were on the same team, and at the time we were losing by seven or eight points and there was hardly any time left in the game, maybe a second or two. I was always the smallest kid on the court so I played point guard, which meant that I was the one that would receive the…

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    (but not in Sch. I to the Poisons Rules, 1949), were displayed on shelves in packages or other containers, with the price marked on each. A customer, on entering the shop, was provided with a wire basket, and having selected from the shelves the articles which he wished to buy, he put them in the basket and took them to the cashier's desk at one or other of the two exits, whore the cashier stated the total price and received payment. That latter stage of every transaction involving the sale of a…

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    sat with his head between his knees, sobbing like a little girl. And why shouldn't he? He hated heights! Why had he allowed his new husband, Gwaine, to talk him into this horrible post-honeymoon hot-air balloon ride? With every sideways jolt of the basket, Percival wanted to puke, pass out, and die. Not necessarily in that order. “Hey, Perc, look at that beautiful blue horizon. That might help,” Gwaine said. Percival let out a long groan. “Shut UP. Please. Don't speak until we land.” Gwaine…

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