Great moments in basketball history notebook

The history of basketball is chock-full of famous buzzer-beating shots, amazing game-saving plays, and thrilling maneuvers that defy gravity. All fans have their favorite memory, just as they have their favorite team and their favorite player. Now here's a book that offers a look back at more than fifteen of the sport's best moments. The Block, The Steal, The Shot. Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Bird, Jordan, and James. Each entry captures the nail-biting tension of the minutes leading up to the play, as well as information about the superstar players that made them and the teams that they played for. Packed with facts and action, this is a book young basketball fans will reach for again and again -- and because it comes from Matt Christopher, young readers know they're getting the best sports writing on the shelf.

The greatest moments in professional and college basketball are captured in words and pictures, including Wilt Chamberlain's one hundred point game and Villanova's upset of Georgetown in the 1985 NCAA finals

This title takes a look at some of the greatest moments in basketball history! It highlights the origin of the sport, the miracles that have happened on the court throughout the decades, and the impact they left on the game. This hi-lo title is complete with thrilling and colorful photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Accounts of the men and teams responsible for twelve history-making events in pro basketball from the first superclub in 1921 to Wilt Chamberlain's victory over the Boston Celtics in 1967.

Describes dramatic finishes, surprising upsets, and important milestones