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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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Los Angeles Lakers uniform worn in NBA Finals by Kobe Bryant

Basketball used in American Basketball Association games

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

Chicago, 1991

Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor, LA, 1965

Practice jersey worn by Cheryl Miler

LeBron James, San Francisco, CA, 2009

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Olympic uniform jersey and shorts worn by Lusia Harris

Magic, 1991, L.A.

Group portrait of a young women's basketball team

Michael Jordan, Orlando, FL 1993

Red Green & Black, Chicago 1988

Warm up jacket worn by Jerry Armstrong for Texas Western

LeBron James, Akron 2005

Basketball with laces

Basketball jersey for Brooklyn Nets worn by Jason Collins, signed by teammates

Kevin Garnett, 2000 Minneapolis

Blue Dunk, Lisle, Ill. 1987

Wilt Chamberlin, Boston, 1967

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Kobe Bryant, N.Y.C. 2002

Wilt Chamberlin, Philadelphia, 1967

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee, WI 1973

Charles Barkley, NYC, 1988

Kevin Garnett, 1999 Minneapolis

Photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball in the 1976 Summer Olympics

Photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball

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