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Shares best home record in NBA history (with 1985–86 Boston Celtics), with only loss inflicted by the 73–9 Warriors; Best home start in NBA history (39–0), part of a 48-game home winning streak dating back to 2014–15 season
For the 1999-2000 NBA season, TBS shifted its primetime game telecasts from Wednesdays to Mondays. [18] For the 2000-2001 NBA season, the broadcasts were moved to Tuesdays, while TNT assumed rights to Wednesday and Thursday evening games. The retirement of Michael Jordan set in motion the decline in NBA ratings which continued for several years.
The instrumental piece, first composed in 1990 for NBC, soundtracked the network's NBA coverage from 1990 to 2002 and will do so again starting in 2025. [57] [58] During periods when NBC hasn't broadcast the NBA, it has used the theme for its Olympic basketball coverage, first in 2008 and then in every Summer Olympics since 2016. [59] [60] [61 ...
During the 2011–12 NBA season that was shortened to 66 games by the lockout, the Bobcats posted a 7–59 record. The team closed out the season with a 23-game losing streak; their .106 winning percentage was the worst in NBA history. [304] Before the next season, Jordan said: "I'm not real happy about the record book scenario last year.
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]
The 1990–91 NBA season was the 45th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their first NBA Championship, eliminating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals .
It was previously in a 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on its home court in games 1, 2, 6, and 7) during 1949, 1953–1955, and 1985–2013, [9] [10] in a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format in 1956 and 1971, [11] [12] and in a 1–2–2–1–1 format in 1975 and 1978.
High school basketball is a popular activity. [22] [23] The National Federation of State High School Associations featured 541,479 boys and 429,504 girls in basketball teams as of the 2014–15 season. [24] Many high school basketball teams have intense local followings, especially in the Midwest and Upper South.