The first official basketball game with its original first 13 rules is played on December 21, 1891 at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The game was invented by Canadian Dr. James Naismith as a less injury-prone indoor winter sport, using peach baskets and a soccer ball. More
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