Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. _____(1) he was at college, his class was once _____ (2) to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played _____ (3) a hard wooden floor, so the safety of the players was important. Knocking into players and _____ (4) would be dangerous.
Dr Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams, and taught them _____ (5) to play his new game. The aim of basketball is for players to try to get a ball into the “basket”. A net _____ (6) from a metal hoop. Players shoot from below the basket , and sometimes the “backboard” is ______ (7) for guiding the ball into the basket. Players move towards one end of the court _____ (8) throwing the ball to each other .
It is believed that on December 21, 1891, the first basketball game _____ (9) history was played. Then in 1936in Berlin, it ______ (10) an event.