Today I Found Out

The Minor Tweak that Saved the Then Dying Sport of Basketball (2015x5)

: 28, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscri→– and lose – fans. This matchup boasted some of the brightest basketball stars of the day – most prominent of all, the great George Mikan. Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/lowest-scoring-game-nba-history-invention-saved-professional-basketball/ Resources/Further Reading: http://www.nba.com/analysis/00422949.html http://www.nba.com/history/season/19541955.html http://www.snopes.com/sports/basketball/24second.asphttp://www.snopes.com/sports/basketball/24second.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_clock http://stewthornley.net/mplslakers_1918game.html http://www.sportinglife360.com/index.php/how-the-shot-clock-changed-the-game-of-basketball-45606/ http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195011220MNL.html http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nba-is-born http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloffhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff http://www.travel-watch.com/lowestscoringnba.htm http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_history.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Biasone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_Nationals http://books.google.com/books?id=NACkGVm3C3wC&pg=PA18&dq=Dolph+Schayes#v=onepage&q=Dolph%20Schayes&f=false http://www.nba.com/history/players/schayes_bio.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2007/nov/07/night-crawler-temple-set-stage-for-time-clock-in/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_Nationals http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-368497p1.html?cr=00&pl=edit-00 http://www.shutterstock.com/?cr=00&pl=edit-00http://www.shutterstock.com/?cr=00&pl=edit-00 Image Credit (thank you) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GeorgeMikan.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1950_Minneapolis_Lakers.jpeg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chamberlain_lakers_final_1969.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael-jordan.jpg http://commons.wi