The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the premier men's professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. It is considered the best basketball league in the world. The NBA season culminates in the playoffs between April and June, with the 16 best teams from the Eastern and Western conferences competing through 3 rounds. Some of the best players of all time include Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Magic Johnson. NBA individual records are held by Wilt Chamberlain, including scoring 100 points in a single game.

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

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)

5. 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)

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.

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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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10. 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