And while the Knicks were pulling away, Ewing banked a 3-point shot off the glass backboard.

The Boston Celtics very first home game was preceded by the first smashing of a glass backboard.

But soon the players were in line, running up and down the floor, mindlessly tapping basketballs against glass backboards.

Dawkins is remembered mostly for smashing glass backboards, Willoughby for bouncing around with six teams.

As a result, it was the first facility in the country to use glass backboards.

It was the first facility in the country to use glass backboards.

Tucked high against the ceiling, a half-block up in the air, were eight glass backboards and baskets, held by long metal legs attached to the roof.

There are ball fields, a football field, tennis courts and an outdoor tournament-quality basketball complex with glass backboards, scoreboards and fan seating.

Instead, glass backboards and a large wooden floor with colorful lines gleamed in the well-lighted room.

Owensville High School had the first high school gymnasium in Indiana with a glass backboard.