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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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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

UCONN Women's Basketball 1995

Basketball signed by Lusia Harris with wood base


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