December

7-Larry Bird is Born(1956)
---The Cleveland Cavaliers score 148 points to Miami's 80. making it the largest victory margin in NBA History(1991)
10-Intercollegiate basketball was played for the first time as Wesleyan University defeated Yale, 4-3, in New Haven, Connecticut.(1894)
---Adolph Rupp’s Kentucky Wildcats defeated Georgetown College, 67-19. It was the first time Rupp coached Kentucky and he wowed the crowd on hand with a fast break style of college basketball that was practically unheard of at the time. Rupp continued to coach college basketball at Kentucky for 44 years, winning 874 games and earning four national titles.
13-Detroit Beats Denver 186-184 in tghe Highest Scoring game in NBA history(1983) 15-James Naismith, invents basketball, while working at the Y.M.C.A. College at Springfield, Massachusetts (1891)
20-The NBA Expands to Seattle(1966)
21-Students at Springfeild college play the first college basketball game(1891)
30-Scott Skiles of Orlando Dishes out a NBA record 30 assist vs Denver(1990)