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  1. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

  2. List of NBA champions. The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.

    Year
    Western Champion
    Coach
    Result
    Dallas Mavericks (5) (3, 1–2)
    1–4
    Denver Nuggets (1) (1, 1–0)
    4–1
    Golden State Warriors (3) (12, 7–5)
    Steve Kerr
    4–2
    Phoenix Suns (2) (3, 0–3)
    2–4
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    Creation and merger

    In 1946, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) was formed. Its founders were owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1, 1946, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers. This was the first game played in NBA history. There were earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues. Examples are the American Basketball League and the NBL. The BAA was the first league to play in major cities. They played in l...

    The NBA contains 30 teams. 15 are in the Eastern Conference and 15 are in the Western Conference. Each conference has three divisions with 5 teams. Teams play other teams in their division often. All teams play all other teams in a season. The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakershave won 17 championships each. No other teams have won more cham...

    Teams begin training camps in September. This allows the coaching staff to observe their players. Teams play preseason games. These do not count for a team's final season record. The weaker players get cut. Other players stay on the team and get paid. The NBA regular season begins in the last week of October. All teams play 82 games during a normal...

    At the end of every NBA regular season, the NBA Playoffs begin. 8 teams from each, the western, and the eastern conference are assigned a seed 1-8. Home court advantage is always determined by seed; higher seed=home court advantage. In the first round of the playoffs, the 1 seed plays the 8 seed;2 plays 7; 3 plays 6; 4 plays 5. All playoff rounds a...

    "Inside USA Basketball". Usabasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
    "Slam dunk: NBA the richest sports league in the world by average pay « Sporting Intelligence". Sportingintelligence.com. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
    "History of Basketball in Canada". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
    "NBA is born". History. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  3. The 2021–22 NBA season was the 76th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 19, 2021, and ended on April 10, 2022.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LeBron_JamesLeBron James - Wikipedia

    LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( / ləˈbrɒn / lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NBA_playoffsNBA playoffs - Wikipedia

    Official website. National Basketball Association. The National Basketball Association ( NBA) playoffs is the annual elimination tournament held to determine the league champion. The four-round, best-of-seven tournament is held after the league's regular season and its preliminary postseason tournament, the NBA play-in tournament.

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  7. The official site of the National Basketball Association. Follow the action on NBA scores, schedules, stats, news, Team and Player news.

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