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99% Invisible: Game changer

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Last night, the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 131 to 117 in what USA Today called “one of the most entertaining blowouts in recent memory.” The high-scoring affair reflects the modern game. But scores that high would have been unfathomable back in the early days of the NBA. That is, until professional basketball was redesigned. This redesign is the subject of the latest episode of 99% Invisible. 

Listen to the full story in the player above.

99% Invisible is a project of KALW. This story was produced by Eric Mennel, with help from Roman Mars and Sam Greenspan. A version of this story aired on Back Story with the American History Guys. You can read more about this story and others at the 99% Invisible website

Roman Mars is host and producer of KALW’s 99% Invisible, a short radio show about design and architecture. The 99% Invisible podcast recently peaked at #8 in the iTunes rankings for all podcasts, as well as #1 in both the Arts and Design categories. He is also the host, producer and program director of Public Radio Remix from PRX, a 24-hour, experimental public radio story stream broadcast on XM 123 and public radio stations across the country. He was a founding producer at PRX/NPR’s Snap Judgment and Senior Producer at the Third Coast International Audio Festival.