Basketball in the NBA

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National

Basketball

Association

- Basketball is very popular in the USA
- Stars have got high – endowed

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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)

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:

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the regular season goes from November to April

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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:

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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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