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No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed; the first infringement of this rule by any player shall count as a foul, or there going to be kicked off the court until the next basket is made.
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The Philadelphia Warriors won the first ever championship in 1947
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New York Knickerbockers and Toronto Huskies, Ossie Schectman of the Knicks scored the first points ever in the NBA
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On this day in 1949, after a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League, merge to form the National Basketball Association.
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Remaining NBL teams join the BAA, complete the birth of the National Basketball Association.
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Boston wins 13th title after an epic triple-overtime Game 5 win in the Finals.
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it was in the late 1980's when the pistons Accidentally fouled one of the other team mate
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Jordan leads Bulls to first "three-peat" since the Celtics in 1967.
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there are 30 teams now to current day
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the teams face each other two at a time, and the team that loses gets kicked from the tournament and is out. the team that wins moves on to face more teams until it's down to two teams. the team that wins that game wins the tournament
