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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. All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are ...
The youngest player to ever play in the NBA was Andrew Bynum who played his first game at the age of 18 years and 6 days old. [77] Bynum, who was also the youngest player ever selected in the NBA Draft, went into the NBA straight out of high school. [78] Jermaine O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, both drafted in 1996, were the second- and third-youngest ...
The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The NBA Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's postseason. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.
Jerry West won the scoring title in 1970, averaging 31.2 points per game. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won scoring titles in 1971 and 1972. Allen Iverson won scoring titles in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Kobe Bryant won scoring titles in 2006 and 2007. LeBron James won the scoring title in 2008 en route to becoming the NBA's all-time scoring leader in 2023.
Ed Macauley held the record for 39 days in 1958, the shortest in NBA history. Dolph Schayes held the record from 1958 to 1964 and was the first player to eclipse 15,000 career points. Bob Pettit held the record from 1964 to 1966 and is the first player to eclipse 20,000 career points. Wilt Chamberlain held the record from 1966 to 1984 and was ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [ 1 ] The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [ 2 ]
LeBron Raymone James Sr. (/ ləˈbrɒn /; [1] lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " King James ", he is widely recognized as one of the greatest players in the sport's history and is often compared with Michael Jordan ...
3× NBA Finals MVP (1980, 1982, 1987) 3× NBA MVP (1987,1989,1990) 9× All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team 4× NBA assists leader 2× NBA steals leader NBA All-Rookie Team (1980) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) [124] 2002: Dražen Petrović: G: FIBA World Championship Gold: 1990