The Introduction of NBA

NBA, short for National Basketball Association, is found on June 6, 1946. It is reported that they found the match because the bosses of ice hockey court didn’t want to leave the court idle when there were no ice hockey game. So some of them decided to do some thing to please their fans. So they just found it. At that time, it was a small league including 8 teams. Via more than half a century’s effort, it, now, become one of the five most successful sports match all over the world. Every year millions of fans are crazy for the NBA. Take the Dream Eight as an example, during the Beijing Olympic games, the American basketball team are surrounded by the crazy fans everywhere. Such scenes are beyond the imagination of all-stars, though they have experienced many big scenes. As you can see the influence in China.

With the team Charlotte bobcats joining the association in 2004, there are 30 teams in all. It is divided into two conferences-----the western conference and the eastern conference, each of which has 15 teams. Each conference is composed of three divisions which consist of five teams.

The games of NBA consist of the regular season, the playoff, and the final. Every year every team needs to play 82 matches with other opponents, and then they are listed according to the NBA rank rules. Eight teams at the top of the list in each conference, have the opportunity to play the playoff. And the final will be held at the end of every April, which is the grand festival to the basketball fans.

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