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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 ]
[160] [161] [162] Christmas is also notable for NBA on television, as the holiday is when the first NBA games air on network television each season. [161] [162] Games played on this day have been some of the highest-rated games during a particular season. The NBA has also played games on MLK Day every year since the holiday was first observed ...
Youngest/Oldest player to receive All-NBA First Team honors ... 151.92 by LeBron James (30.52 more than next player on list) [162] ... Most games with 30 points and ...
Damian Lillard led the Portland Trail Blazers to the first play-in tournament victory in NBA history. [27] The NBA introduced a play-in tournament in the 2019–20 NBA season to compensate for the suspension of the regular season and a difference in the number of games played between teams, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the NBA Finals, the Rockets swept the Orlando Magic (57–25) in four games; in doing so, the Rockets defeated four teams that had won 50 or more games during the regular season (the Utah Jazz at 60–22, the Phoenix Suns at 59–23, the San Antonio Spurs at 62–20 and Orlando at 57–25), the first time a team had done so. As of now, the ...
Only team in NBA history not to have lost to same opponent twice in regular season; Only team in NBA history not to lose back-to-back games in regular season; The 10th team in NBA history to win a playoff series coming back from a 1–3 playoff series deficit (won 4–3 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals)
Most points per game in an NBA Championship series; 41.0 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Phoenix Suns), 1993; Triple-double per game average in the NBA Finals; LeBron James: 33.6 points, 12.0 rebounds, and 10.0 assists, Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. Golden State Warriors), 2017; Only players to score at least 30 points in every game
In the 2016–17 season, the Golden State Warriors posted a season-best 67–15 regular-season record and began the 2017 playoffs with a 15-game win-streak, the most consecutive wins in NBA playoff history. They went on to win the NBA Championship with a 16–1 (.941 winning percentage) record, the best playoff record in NBA history. [1] The ...