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NBA the best basketball
league in the world
Authors:
Jakub Kaczmarek, Michał
Karpeta, Grzegorz Łyko,
Kacper Stelmach
SPIS TREŚCI
- The history of the NBA
- NBA teams
- Hall of Fame
- NBA Records:
Regular season
Play off
Finals
-All-Star Game
-NBA Draft
The history of the NBA
` The National Basketball Association was founded on 6th July
1946 in New York.
NBA’s first name was Basketball Assocation of America.
The league adopted the name „National Basketball
Assocation” after 3 years.
Nowadays the league’s owner is David Stern who became its
comissioner in 1984. Through his efforts the NBA became the
most famous basketball league in the world. He built 28 new
arenas and allowed to create 7 new teams.
NBA Finals Trophy renamed to Larry O’Brien trophy.
NBA teams
• The NBA has got two
conferences: Western and Eastern
• Each conference consists of 15
teams
Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Denver Nuggets
Boston Celtics
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Jersey Nets
Oklahoma City Thunder
New York Knicks
Portland Trail Blazers
Philadelphia 76ers
Utah Jazz
Toronto Raptors
Golden State Warriors
Chicago Bulls
Los Angeles Clippers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Los Angeles Lakers
Detroit Pistons
Phoenix Suns
Indiana Pacers
Sacramento Kings
Milwaukee Bucks
Dallas Mavericks
Atlanta Hawks
Houston Rockets
Charlotte Bobcats
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
New Orleans Hornets
Orlando Magic
San Antonio Spurs
Washington Wizards
Hall of Fame
• The Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame is located in
Springfield, Massachusetts, the
USA where James Naismith
invented the sport in1891.
• The Basketball Hall of fame was
first incorporated in 1959 at
Springfield College
• It honors exceptional basketball
players, coaches, referees,
NBA Records
Regular season
Player
Record
Date
Team
Wilt Chamberlain
100 Points
02.03.1962
Philadelphia
Warriors
Wilt Chamberlain
55 Rebounds
24.11.1960
Philadelphia
Warriors
Scott Skiles
33 Assists
30.12.1990
Orlando Magic
Larry Kenon
11 Steals
26.12.1976
San Antonio Spurs
Elmore Smith
17 Blocks
28.10.1973
Los Angeles Lakers
Play off
Player
Record
Date
Team
Michael Jordan
63 Points
20.04.1986
Chicago Bulls
Wilt Chamberlain
41 Rebounds
05.04.1967
Philadelphia 76ers
Magic Johnson
24 Assists
15.05.1984
Los Angeles Lakers
Allen Iverson
10 Steals
13.05.1999
Philadelphia 76ers
Mark Eaton
10 Blocks
16.04.1985
Utah Jazz
Finals
Player
Record
Date
Team
Elgin Baylor
62 Points
14.04.1962
Los Angeles Lakers
Magic Johnson
21 Assists
03.06.1984
Los Angeles Lakers
Robert Horry
7 Steals
09.06.1995
Houston Rockets
Bill Walton
8 Blocks
05.06.1977
Portland Trail
Blazers
All Star Weekend
Every year the NBA organizes All
Star Weekend.
There are in All Star Weekend :
Slam Dunk Contest
3-point Contest
All Star game
People votes for their favourite players who
will appear in All Star game. Always in All Star
Game are the best and the most popular players
in the league.
NBA DRAFT
• The NBA Draft –is an annual event in
which the thirty teams from the National
Basketball Association (NBA) can draft players
who are eligible and wish to join the league.
These players are usually amateur U.S. college
basketball players, but international players
are also eligible to be drafted.