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The NBA

By DJ-X

  • National Basketball Asociation

    National Basketball Asociation
    The NBA was was founded in 1946.

  • First game

    First game
    On November 1 the first game of basketball was ever played at Maple Leaf Gardens.

  • Bill Russell

    Bill Russell
    Bill Russell joined the Bosten Celtics and lead them to 11 championships.

  • The Bosten Celtics

    The Bosten Celtics
    The Bosten Celtics currently have the most NBA championships with 17.

  • Wilt Chamberlin

    Wilt Chamberlin
    Wilt Chamberlin is the only player in the NBA to score over 100 points in one game.

  • Slam Dunk

    Slam Dunk
    The very first NBA slam dunk contest was won by Julius Erving in 1976.

  • Larry Bird

    Larry Bird
    Larry Bird joined the NBA in 1979 and became one of the greatest players with his killer three point shot.

  • Three pointer

    Three pointer
    The three pointer was added to the game of basketball to open it up.

  • International Players

    International Players
    Drazen Pedrovic joined the NBA in the 1980's. More and more Inernation players started joining the NBA such as Dirk Nowitzki and Hakeem Olajuwon.

  • Michael Jordan

    Michael Jordan
    Michael Jordan entered the NBA boosting its popularity greatly! He went on to be the best player in the game winning 6 championships.

  • MVP

    MVP
    Larry Bird won the celtics their 16th championship and won his 3rd straight MVP award.

  • Rockets

    Rockets
    7-footer Hakeem Olajuwon paired with 7-foot-4 Ralph Sampson lead the Rockets to their first appearence in the NBA finals.

  • Olypic Basketball Team

    Olypic Basketball Team
    In 1992 the NBA's first Olypic team was formed featering Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, John Stockton, Chris Mulln, Karl Malone, Clyde Drexler and Charles Barkley.

  • The Houston Rockets

    The Houston Rockets
    The Houston Rockets won back to back championships in 1994-1995.

  • 1996 draft

    Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Ray Allen and Steve Nash were in this draft and ended up being really good.

  • Kobe Bryant

    After just one year in the NBA Kobe Bryant won the slam dunk contest in 1997.

  • Lakers

    The Los Angales Lakers won 3 straight championships in a row from 2000-2002.

  • NBA draft

    from the draft in 2001-2006 87 foreign players were elected.

  • Retired legend

    Retired legend
    In 2003 the NBA's greatest player Michael Jordan retired.

  • Kobe

    Kobe Bryant scored a game high 81 points against the Toranto Raptors.