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Basketball: Smithsonian's Got Game

Enjoy these basketball-related finds from across the Smithsonian. A curator at the National Museum of American History, chooses top NCAA picks among basketball history. Read about 1970s basketball and Ray Werner, wheelchair basketball pioneer. In "Leveling the Playing Field: Women's Basketball," learn about women's basketball in African American history.


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University of Maryland Basketball 2006 NCAA Women's National Champions cap

Los Angeles Lakers uniform worn in NBA Finals by Kobe Bryant

Basketball used in American Basketball Association games

Chicago Bulls Basketball Jersey, worn by Michael Jordan

Basketball signed by members of the U.S. "Dream Team"

Jersey for the Milwaukee Bucks worn and signed by Kareem Abdul-Jabar

Chicago, 1991

Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor, LA, 1965

Basketball

Magic Johnson

Michael Jordan

Walt Frazier Jr.

LeBron James, San Francisco, CA, 2009

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Olympic uniform jersey and shorts worn by Lusia Harris

Dwyane Wade

Oscar Robertson

Boston Celtics Jersey worn by Bob Cousy

Synthetic Basketball

John Richard "Dick" Motta

Basketball, awarded to Bill Russell for 10,000 Rebounds

Harlem Globetrotters Basketball Jersey worn by Geese Ausbie

Basketball at Princeton

LeBron James

Pair of red and black Air Jordan I high top sneakers made by Nike

Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball Team

32c Men's Basketball single

USA vs. USSR - men's basketball

29c Basketball single

Magic, 1991, L.A.

Shaq Attaq sneaker worn by Shaq

Kobe Bryant

Brigham Young University Basketball

LeBron James


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