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  3. 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). It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.

    • History of The NBA
    • Teams
    • Regular Season
    • Playoffs
    • References

    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.
  4. List of NBA seasons. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the major professional basketball league in North America. The league was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1] The league adopted its current name at the start of 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2]

    Year [a](regular Season)
    Top Seed(regular Season)
    Record(regular Season)
    Year [b](playoffs)
    58–24 (.707)
    64–18 (.780)
    52–20 (.722)
    56–17 (.767)
  5. The National Basketball Association has undergone several rounds of expansion in the league's history, since it began play in 1946, to reach 30 teams. The most recent examples are the additions of the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat in 1988; the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic in 1989; the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies in ...

  6. The National Basketball Association ( NBA) is the world's premier men's basketball league. It has 30 teams; 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. It is an active member [1] of USA Basketball, which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the United States.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NBA_draftNBA draft - Wikipedia

    The NBA draft is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) annual event, dating back to 1947, in which the teams in the league can draft players who declare for the draft and that are eligible to join their organization. The current NBA consists of 30 teams, and all thirty teams have at least one draft pick throughout the two draft rounds.

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