2. NBA stands for national basketball association. The
NBA commisioner is David Stern. NBA is a
professional basketball league and at the end of the
year there are the playoffs.
3. In the playoffs the top eight teams in each conference
go to the playoffs.
The number one seed plays the eight seed and the
number two seed plays the seventh seed and so on.
The one who wins all of their series goes to the NBA
finals and plays the winner of the other conference.
Playoffs
4. Brian Scalabrine
Brian Scalabrine played at university of
southern california and got drafted in the NBA
draft in 2001. He got drafted to the New
Jersey nets and played there for four years.
5. All Star Weekend
In All-Star weekend There are lots of activities. Such as All
star game, Celebrity game, and slam dunk contest.
6. Lebron James got drafted
to the Cleveland cavaliers
straight from high
school,Then he left them to
the Miami Heat and won a
national title in 2012.
Lebron James
7. Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant plays for the
Oklahoma city Thunder. Last
year they lost to Lebron and
the Heat in the NBA
championship. This year they
are going into the tournament
as number one seed in the
west.
8. The Rivalry
Kevin and Lebron
played eachother last
year in the NBA finals
and they also fight for
the scoring title,
MVP, and NBA finals
MVP.
10. 2013 NBA Playoffs
The 2013 NBA playoffs just
started and is almost in the
second round. Going into the
playoffs as 1st seed was the
Oklahoma City Thunder in the
west, and the Miami Heat in
the east. If the playoffs work
the way they are suppose to
they will meet in the NBA
Finals again.
13. Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is considered the best player
in the NBA. He also had 6 NBA
Championships. Michael Jordan was also a
starter for the ’92 “Dream Team” in the
olympics when he led them to a gold medal.
14. Larry Bird
Larry Bird played
For the Boston
Celtics and won
three NBA
championships. He
also played for the
’92 Dream Team.
15. Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson played
for the Los Angeles
Lakers from 1979-1991.
He won five NBA
Championships and
also played for the ’92
Dream Team
16. Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant played for
the Los Angeles Lakers
and won 5 NBA
Championships. He
didn’t play college ball
because he was so good
that he came straight
from High School.
17. Most NBA
Championships
The Boston Celtics won 17 NBA Championships. Bill
Russel won 11 with the Celtics and the other 6 were
with different people.
