2. 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.
3. 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)
6. 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-
2003)
7. 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.
9. 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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