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The 2012–13 NBA season was the 67th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 30, 2012, when the 2011–12 NBA champions Miami Heat started the season by hosting the Boston Celtics. The 2013 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 17, 2013, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
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).The NBA 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. [3]
Business and economics World stock markets [which?] hit their lowest level in 2012. (The Guardian) Health Gonorrhoea soars in England. (BBC) International relations China arrests a security ministry official on suspicion of spying for the United States; the official is reported to have been blackmailed by the CIA. (BBC) The Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan begin direct trading. (Yomiuri ...
The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2011–12 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs, contested between the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder. It was played from June 12 to 21, 2012.
For the first time in franchise history, the Miami Heat faced a team other than the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Game 1 of the 2012 NBA Finals was the first NBA Finals game ever played in the State of Oklahoma. The Thunder won this game 105–94. With a Game 5 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Miami Heat won their second NBA ...
May 31 — Orlando Woolridge, NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers, among others) (born 1959) June 2 — LeRoy Ellis, NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers, among others) (born 1940) June 4 — Jim Fitzgerald, NBA owner (Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors) (born 1926) June 7 — Chuck Share, NBA player (St. Louis Hawks, among others) (born 1927)
(Shaquille O'Neal attempted 39 free throws in Game 2 of the 2000 NBA Finals.) Howard entered the game making 42 percent of his free throws for the season and just below 60 percent for his career. The Warriors fouled Howard intentionally throughout the game. Howard made 21 of the 39 attempts, and he finished with 45 points and 23 rebounds in the ...
June 28, 2012: The 2012 NBA draft took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.; July 1, 2012: The NBA free agency has begun.; July 4, 2012: The Suns do a sign-and-trade with the Los Angeles Lakers to exchange star point guard Steve Nash for two first round Lakers draft picks in 2013 (from the Miami Heat via the L.A. Lakers) and 2018 (due to 2015 having Top–5 protection and both ...