What is it?When was it founded?Teams?Games?Best players?

WHAT IS IT?• The National

Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basket-ball league in North America, and is considered to be the best men's professional basketball league in the world.

The first match of the history was  New York Knicks – Toronto Huskies. 

• The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA)

10. TIM DUNCAN (97- present)

9. SHAQUILLE O´NEAL (92-2011)

8. KOBE BRYANT (96- present)

7. OSCAR ROBERTSON (60-74)

6. WILT CHAMBERLAIN (59-73)

5. LARRY BIRD (79-92)4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1969-89

3. BILL RUSSEL (69-89)2. MAGIC JOHNSON (79-96) 1. MICHAEL JORDAN (84-

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The most points in a game. 100 points scored by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962

The most points in 2/4 59 points scored by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962

The most points in 1/4 33 points scored by George Gervin in 1978

The most points in a season 4029 points by Wilt Chamberlain in the season of 1961-1962

The most points in a career 38,387 points scored by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The most points per game in a career

31.7 points per game scored by Michael Jordan.

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NBA Playoffs begin in late April. Playoffs are 3 rounds of competition between 16 teams spread across the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference.

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The NBA All-Star Game is an exhibition game hosted annually by the National Basketball Association (NBA), matching the league's star players from the Eastern Conference against their counterparts from the Western Conference