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Basketball in the NBA
Basketball in the
NBA
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NBA = National Basketball Association
- Basketball is very popular in the USA
- Stars have got high – endowed1 contracts
History of Basketball and the NBA:
- 1891 basketball was originated by Dr. James Naismith
- 1936 basketball was an event of the Olympic Games for the first
time
- 1937 the first basketball league was founded : the NBL ( =
National Basketball League)
- 1946 another basketball league was installed: the BAA ( =
Basketball Association of America)
- 1949 formation of the NBA out of the two other leagues
- today the NBA contents 29 teams spread over whole North America
Distribution of the teams:
2 Conferences (29 teams)
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Western Division (14 teams) Eastern Division (15
teams)
Pacific Division (7) Midwest Division (7) Central
Division (8) Atlantic Division (7)
Sacramento Kings Utah Jazz Milwaukee Bucks Philadelphia 76ers
Los Angeles Lakers San Antonio Spurs Charlotte Hornets Miami
Heat
Portland Trailblazers Dallas Maveriks Toronto Raptors New York
Knicks
Phoenix Suns Minnesota Timberwolves Indiana Pacers Orlando
Magic
Seattle Supersonics Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons Boston
Celtics
Los Angeles Clippers Denver Nuggets Cleveland Cavaliers New Jersey
Nets
Golden State Warriors Vancouver Grizzlies Atlanta Hawks Washington
Wizzards
Chicago Bulls
Season:
- the regular season goes from November to April
- the play-off-round from May until June, where the best eight teams of both
conferences took place
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Special feature: the all-year All-star-game, which is very
popular:
- The best of the East play against the best of the West
- Three-point-shootout
- Dunking contest
- former famous players were e.g. Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar,
Earvin “Magic” Johnson,
Michael Jordan
- today´s stars are Shaquille O´Neal, Kobe Bryant, Allan
Yverson,...
- the only two German in the USA are Detlev Schrempf and Dirk
Nowitzki
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