The document provides information about the NBA including its history, teams, and descriptions of select teams. It notes that the NBA was founded in 1946 and originally called the BAA. It later absorbed the NBL and took the NBA name. There are 30 teams divided into Eastern and Western conferences and further divided into divisions. Brief histories and facts are provided for several teams including the Hawks, Celtics, Nets, Bobcats, Bulls, Cavaliers, Mavericks, Nuggets, Pistons, Warriors, Rockets, and Pacers.

1. NBA
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOIATION

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WHAT IS THE NBA?
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Los Angeles Lakers
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Memphis Grizzlies
TEAMS
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Miami Heat
ATLANTA HAWKS
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Milwaukee Bucks
BOSTON CELTICS
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Minnesota Timberwolves
BROOKLYN NETS
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New Orleans Pelicans
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New York Knicks
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Oklahoma City Thunder
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Orlando Magic
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Philadelphia 76ers
DALLAS MAVERICKS
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Phoenix Suns
DENVER NUGGETS
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Portland Trailblazers
DETROIT PISTONS
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Sacramento Kings
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
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San Antonio Spurs
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Toronto Rockets
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Utah Jazz
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Washington Wizards
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REFERENCES
HISTORY
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
CHICAGO BULLS
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
HOUSTON ROCKETS
INDIANA PACERS
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

3. THE NBA IS…
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THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA) IS THE PRE-EMINENT MEN'S
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN NORTH AMERICA, AND IS WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE
THE PREMIER MEN'S PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD. IT HAS THIRTY
FRANCHISED MEMBER CLUBS (29 IN THE UNITED STATES AND 1 IN CANADA), AND IS AN
ACTIVE MEMBER OF USA BASKETBALL (USAB), WHICH IS RECOGNIZED BY FIBA (ALSO
KNOWN AS THE INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL FEDERATION) AS THE NATIONAL GOVERNING
BODY FOR BASKETBALL IN THE UNITED STATES. THE NBA IS ONE OF THE FOUR MAJOR NORTH
AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES. NBA PLAYERS ARE THE WORLD'S BEST PAID
SPORTSMEN, BY AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY PER PLAYER. THE LEAGUE WAS FOUNDED IN NEW
YORK CITY ON JUNE 6, 1946, AS THE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (BAA). THE
LEAGUE ADOPTED THE NAME NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION ON AUGUST 3, 1949,
AFTER ABSORBING THE RIVAL NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE (NBL). THE LEAGUE'S SEVERAL
INTERNATIONAL AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL TEAM OFFICES ARE DIRECTED OUT OF ITS HEAD
OFFICES LOCATED IN THE OLYMPIC TOWER AT 645 FIFTH AVENUE IN NEW YORK CITY. NBA
ENTERTAINMENT AND NBA TV STUDIOS ARE DIRECTED OUT OF OFFICES LOCATED
IN SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY.

4. HISTORY
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THE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED IN
1946 BY OWNERS OF THE MAJOR ICE HOCKEY ARENAS IN
THE NORTHEASTERN AND MIDWESTERN UNITED
STATES AND CANADA. ON NOVEMBER 1, 1946,
IN TORONTO,ONTARIO, CANADA, THE TORONTO HUSKIES HOSTED
THE NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS AT MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, IN A
GAME THE NBA NOW REGARDS AS THE FIRST PLAYED IN ITS
HISTORY. THE FIRST BASKET WAS MADE BY OSSIE
SCHECTMAN OF THE KNICKERBOCKERS. ALTHOUGH THERE HAD
BEEN EARLIER ATTEMPTS AT PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
LEAGUES, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND
THE NBL, THE BAA WAS THE FIRST LEAGUE TO ATTEMPT TO PLAY
PRIMARILY IN LARGE ARENAS IN MAJOR CITIES. DURING ITS
EARLY YEARS, THE QUALITY OF PLAY IN THE BAA WAS NOT
SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN IN COMPETING LEAGUES OR
AMONG LEADING INDEPENDENT CLUBS SUCH AS THE HARLEM
GLOBETROTTERS. FOR INSTANCE, THE 1948 ABL
FINALIST BALTIMORE BULLETS MOVED TO THE BAA AND WON
THAT LEAGUE'S 1948 TITLE, AND THE 1948 NBL
CHAMPION MINNEAPOLIS LAKERS WON THE 1949 BAA TITLE.

5. TEAMS
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THERE ARE 32 OFFICIAL NBA TEAMS. THESE ARE DIVIDED IN WESTERN AND EASTERN CONFERENCE.
THE CONFERENCES ARE SEPARATED IN DIVISIONS:
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EASTERN CONFERENCE
- ATLANTIC DIVISION
- CENTRAL DIVISION
- SOUTH EAST DIVISION
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
- PACIFIC DIVISION
- SOUTH WEST DIVISION
- NORTH WEST DIVISION

6. HAWKS
• THE ATLANTA HAWKS ARE AN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM BASED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THEY
ARE PART OF THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (NBA). THEY PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT PHILIPS ARENA IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.
• THEIR ORIGINS CAN BE TRACED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUFFALO BISONS IN 1946, A MEMBER OF
THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE. AFTER 13 GAMES OF THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON, THE TEAM MOVED
TO MOLINE, ILLINOIS AND BECAME THE TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS. IN 1949, THEY JOINED THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA) AS PART OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND THE BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MERGER. IN 1951, THE TEAM MOVED TO MILWAUKEE, WHERE THEY CHANGED THEIR
NAME TO THEHAWKS. THE TEAM MOVED AGAIN IN 1955 TO ST. LOUIS, WHERE THEY WON THEIR ONLY NBA
CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1958. THE HAWKS MOVED TO ATLANTA IN 1968, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE.

7. CELTICS
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THEY PLAY IN THE ATLANTIC DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE.
FOUNDED IN 1946 AND ONE OF EIGHT NBA TEAMS (OUT OF 23) TO SURVIVE
THE LEAGUE'S FIRST DECADE, THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY BOSTON
BASKETBALL PARTNERS LLC. THE CELTICS PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT
THE TD GARDEN, WHICH THEY SHARE WITH THE NATIONAL HOCKEY
LEAGUE'S BOSTON BRUINS. THE FRANCHISE'S SEVENTEEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARE THE MOST FOR ANY NBA FRANCHISE.

8. NETS
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THEY ARE A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE
TEAM IS ONE OF TWO NBA FRANCHISES THAT PLAY HOME GAMES IN NEW YORK CITY; THE OTHER IS THE KNICKS.
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AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (ABA), THE NETS WERE FOUNDED IN 1967 AND INITIALLY PLAYED
IN TEANECK, NEW JERSEY, AS THE NEW JERSEY AMERICANS. IN ITS EARLY YEARS, THE TEAM LED A NOMADIC EXISTENCE, MOVING
TO LONG ISLAND IN 1968 AND PLAYING IN VARIOUS ARENAS THERE AS THE NEW YORK NETS. LED BY HALL OF FAMER JULIUS "DR. J"
ERVING, THE NETS WON TWO ABA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NEW YORK BEFORE BECOMING ONE OF FOUR ABA TEAMS TO BE ADMITTED INTO
THE NBA AS PART OF THE ABA–NBA MERGER IN 1976. THE TEAM THEN MOVED BACK TO NEW JERSEY IN 1977 AND BECAME THE NEW
JERSEY NETS. DURING THEIR TIME IN THAT STATE, THE NETS SAW PERIODS OF LOSING AND MISFORTUNE INTERMITTENT WITH SEVERAL
PERIODS OF SUCCESS, WHICH CULMINATED IN TWO CONSECUTIVE NBA FINALS APPEARANCES IN THE 2001–02 AND 2002–
03 SEASONS BY TEAMS LED BY POINT GUARD JASON KIDD.
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AFTER 35 SEASONS IN NEW JERSEY, THE TEAM RETURNED TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN 2012 TO PLAY IN THE NEW BARCLAYS
CENTER IN BROOKLYN AS THE BROOKLYN NETS.

9. BOBCATS
• THEY PLAY IN THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE IN THENATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE BOBCATS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2004 AS AN EXPANSION TEAM, TWO SEASONS
AFTER CHARLOTTE'S PREVIOUS NBA TEAM, THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS, RELOCATED TO NEW ORLEANS. THE
TEAM IS OWNED BY FORMER NBA PLAYER MICHAEL JORDAN, WHO ACQUIRED THE TEAM IN 2010. THE
BOBCATS PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA IN CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE. AS OF
THE END OF THE 2012–13 SEASON, THE BOBCATS HAVE COMPILED A RECORD OF 250–476. IN THEIR 10YEAR HISTORY AS THE BOBCATS, THEY HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE POSTSEASON JUST ONCE, WHICH WAS
DURING THE 2009–10 SEASON WHEN THEY ACHIEVED A FRANCHISE-BEST RECORD OF 44–38.

10. BULLS
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PLAYING IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION OF THE EASTERN
CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. THEY
PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT THE UNITED CENTER. THE TEAM WAS
FOUNDED IN 1966. THE BULLS ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING ONE OF THE
NBA'S GREATEST DYNASTIES, WINNING SIX NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS
BETWEEN 1991 AND 1998 WITH TWO THREE-PEATS. ALL SIX
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS WERE LED BY HALL OF FAMERS MICHAEL
JORDAN, SCOTTIE PIPPEN AND COACH PHIL JACKSON.

11. CAVALIERS
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THEY BEGAN PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA) IN 1970 AS
AN EXPANSION TEAM. THEY PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT QUICKEN LOANS ARENA. THEY
PLAY IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE, THE ONLY REMAINING
CHARTER MEMBER OF THE DIVISION (ALL THE OTHER CENTRAL DIVISION TEAMS
JOINED LATER FROM THE NOW-DEFUNCT MIDWEST DIVISION).
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THE CAVALIERS HAVE FEATURED MANY NBA STARS DURING ITS HISTORY, INCLUDING
DRAFT PICKS TURNED ALL-STARS AUSTIN CARR, BRAD DAUGHERTY, ZYDRUNAS
ILGAUSKAS, MARK PRICE,LEBRON JAMES, AND KYRIE IRVING. PAST NBA GREATS SUCH
AS NATE THURMOND, WALT "CLYDE" FRAZIER, AND SHAQUILLE O'NEAL ALSO PLAYED IN
CLEVELAND (ALBEIT NEAR THE END OF THEIR CAREERS).

12. MAVERICKS
• THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DIVISION OF
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (NBA).
• ACCORDING TO A 2013 FORBES MAGAZINE REPORT, THEY ARE
THE FIFTH-MOST VALUABLE BASKETBALL FRANCHISE IN THE
UNITED STATES, VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $685 MILLION; THE
FRANCHISE IS SURPASSED IN VALUE ONLY BY THE NEW YORK
KNICKS, THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS, THE CHICAGO BULLS AND
THE BOSTON CELTICS.

13. NUGGETS
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THE TEAM WAS FOUNDED AS THE DENVER LARKS IN 1967 AS A
CHARTER FRANCHISE OF THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION BUT CHANGED ITS NAME TO ROCKETS BEFORE THE
FIRST SEASON. IT CHANGED ITS NAME AGAIN TO THE NUGGETS IN
ANTICIPATION OF AN ABA-NBA MERGER IN 1974, AND PLAYED FOR
THE FINAL ABA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IN 1976, LOSING TO THE NEW
YORK NETS. THE TEAM JOINED THE NBA IN 1976 AFTER THE ABA-NBA
MERGER AND HAS HAD SOME PERIODS OF SUCCESS, MAKING
THE PLAYOFFS FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS IN THE 1980S AND
DOING THE SAME FOR THE PREVIOUS TEN SEASONS. HOWEVER, IT
HAS NOT MADE AN APPEARANCE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND SINCE
ITS LAST YEAR IN THE ABA.
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THE NUGGETS PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT PEPSI CENTER, WHICH
THEY SHARE WITH THE COLORADO AVALANCHE OF THE NHL.

14. PISTONS
• IN 1941, THE TEAM WAS FOUNDED IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA AS THE FORT WAYNE (ZOLLNER) PISTONS, A
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE (NBL). SINCE MOVING TO DETROIT IN 1957, THE PISTONS
HAVE WON NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1989, 1990 AND 2004. THE TEAM'S HOME ARENA IS THE PALACE OF
AUBURN HILLS.

15. WARRIORS
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THE TEAM WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1946, AS
THE PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS,
IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THE
FRANCHISE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE
INAUGURAL SEASON OF THE BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (BAA), THE LEAGUE
THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION AFTER A MERGER
WITH THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE (NBL).

16. ROCKETS
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THE TEAM PLAYS IN THE SOUTHWEST DIVISION OF THE WESTERN
CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA).
THE TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1967, AND PLAYED IN SAN DIEGO,
CALIFORNIA, FOR FOUR YEARS, BEFORE MOVING TO HOUSTON.

17. PACERS
• THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL DIVISION IN THE EASTERN
CONFERENCE OF THENATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE
PACERS WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1967 AS MEMBERS OF
THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (ABA) AND BECAME
MEMBERS OF THE NBA IN 1976 AS A RESULT OF THE ABA-NBA MERGER.
THEY PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE.

18. CLIPPERS
• THE LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS ARE A PROFESSIONAL
BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION, LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THEY PLAY IN
THE PACIFIC DIVISION OF THE NBA. THE CLUB'S HOME
GAMES ARE PLAYED AT THE STAPLES CENTER, AN ARENA
SHARED WITH THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS OF THE NBA,
THE LOS ANGELES SPARKS OF THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONV(WNBA), AND THE LOS
ANGELES KINGS OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY
LEAGUE (NHL).

19. LAKERS
• THEY PLAY IN THE PACIFIC DIVISION OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE IN
THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION(NBA). THE LAKERS PLAY
THEIR HOME GAMES AT STAPLES CENTER, WHICH THEY SHARE WITH
THEIR LOCAL NBA RIVAL, THE LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS, THE LOS
ANGELES KINGS OF THE NHL, AND THE LOS ANGELES SPARKS OF
THE WNBA. THE LAKERS ARE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAMS IN
THE HISTORY OF THE NBA, AND HAVE WON 16 CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEIR
LAST BEING IN 2010. AS OF 2013, THE LAKERS ARE THE SECOND MOST
VALUABLE NBA FRANCHISE ACCORDING TOFORBES, HAVING AN
ESTIMATED VALUE OF $1 BILLION.

20. GIZZLIES
• THE TEAM IS PART OF THE SOUTHWEST
DIVISION OF THE WESTERN
CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE
GRIZZLIES PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES
AT FEDEXFORUM. THE TEAM'S MAJORITY
OWNER IS ROBERT PERA. THE GRIZZLIES
WERE ESTABLISHED
IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA IN
1995. THE TEAM RELOCATED TO
MEMPHIS IN 2001. THEY ARE ALSO THE
ONLY TEAM OUT OF THE FOUR MAJOR
PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES THAT PLAYS IN
MEMPHIS.

21. HEAT
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THE TEAM IS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION IN THE EASTERN
CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). THEY PLAY
THEIR HOME GAMES AT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA IN DOWNTOWN
MIAMI. THE TEAM OWNER ISMICKY ARISON, WHO ALSO OWNS CRUISE-SHIP
GIANT CARNIVAL CORPORATION. THE TEAM PRESIDENT AND DE FACTO
GENERAL MANAGER IS PAT RILEY, AND THE HEAD COACH IS ERIK SPOELSTRA.
THE MASCOT OF THE TEAM IS BURNIE, AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIREBALL.

22. BUCKS
• THEY ARE PART OF THE CENTRAL DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE TEAM WAS FOUNDED IN 1968 AS AN EXPANSION TEAM, AND CURRENTLY PLAYS
AT THE BMO HARRIS BRADLEY CENTER. FORMER U.S. SENATOR HERB KOHL IS THE OWNER OF THE TEAM,
WITH JOHN HAMMOND AS GENERAL MANAGER. THE BUCKS HAVE WON ONE LEAGUE TITLE (1971), TWO
CONFERENCE TITLES (1971 AND 1974), AND THIRTEEN DIVISION TITLES (1971–74, 1976, 1980–86, 2001).
THEY HAVE FEATURED SUCH NOTABLE PLAYERS AS KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR,SIDNEY MONCRIEF, OSCAR
ROBERTSON, BOB LANIER, RAY ALLEN, ANDREW BOGUT, MICHAEL REDD AND JON MCGLOCKLIN.

23. TIMBERWOLVES
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AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM BASED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. THEY
PLAY IN THE NORTHWEST DIVISION OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). FOUNDED IN 1989, THE TEAM IS OWNED BY GLEN TAYLOR.
THE TIMBERWOLVES PLAYED THEIR HOME GAMES AT THE METRODOME DURING THEIR
INAUGURAL SEASON, BEFORE MOVING TO TARGET CENTER IN 1990.
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LIKE MOST EXPANSION TEAMS, THE TIMBERWOLVES STRUGGLED IN THEIR EARLY YEARS, BUT
AFTER THE ACQUISITION OF KEVIN GARNETT IN THE 1995 NBA DRAFT, THE TEAM MADE THE
PLAYOFFS EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TIMES FROM 1997 TO 2004. DESPITE LOSING IN THE FIRST
ROUND IN THEIR FIRST SEVEN ATTEMPTS, THE TIMBERWOLVES WON THEIR FIRST DIVISION
TITLE IN 2004 AND ADVANCED TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. GARNETT WAS ALSO
NAMED THE NBA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD FOR THAT SEASON. THE TEAM HAS BEEN IN
REBUILDING MODE SINCE MISSING THE PLAYOFFS IN 2005, AND TRADING GARNETT TO
THE BOSTON CELTICS IN 2007.

24. PELICANS
• THEY PLAY IN THE SOUTHWEST DIVISION OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION. THE FRANCHISE BEGAN PLAY DURING THE 1988–89 NBA SEASON AS THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS,
BASED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED FOR FOURTEEN SEASONS. FOLLOWING
THE 2001–02 SEASON, THE TEAM RELOCATED TO NEW ORLEANS, BECOMING THE NEW ORLEANS HORNETS.
AFTER THREE SEASONS IN NEW ORLEANS, HURRICANE KATRINA FORCED THE FRANCHISE TO TEMPORARILY
RELOCATE TO OKLAHOMA CITY, WHERE THEY SPENT TWO SEASONS OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE NEW
ORLEANS/OKLAHOMA CITY HORNETS. THE HORNETS RETURNED TO NEW ORLEANS FULL-TIME FOR THE 2007–08
SEASON. THE FRANCHISE'S NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE "PELICANS" AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2012–13
SEASON. THAT SAME OFFSEASON, THE HORNETS NAME WAS RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL CITY TO BE USED BY
THE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS, EFFECTIVE IN THE 2014–15 SEASON.

25. KNICKS
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THE TEAM, ESTABLISHED BY NED IRISH IN 1946, WAS
ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF
THE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (BAA),
WHICH BECAME THE NBA AFTER MERGING WITH
RIVAL NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE (NBL) IN 1949.
THE TEAM PLAYS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN
THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN AND IS ONE OF ONLY
TWO TEAMS OF THE ORIGINAL NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STILL LOCATED IN ITS
ORIGINAL CITY (THE OTHER BEING THE BOSTON
CELTICS).

26. THUNDER
• THEY PLAY IN THE NORTHWEST DIVISION OF THE
WESTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA);THEIR HOME
COURT IS AT CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA. THE
THUNDER'S NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE AFFILIATE
IS THE TULSA 66ERS, WHO ARE OWNED BY THE
THUNDER. THE THUNDER ARE THE ONLY TEAM IN
THE MAJOR PROFESSIONAL NORTH AMERICAN
SPORTS LEAGUES LOCATED IN THE STATE OF
OKLAHOMA. FORMERLY KNOWN AS SEATTLE
SUPERSONICS.

27. MAGIC
• THEY ARE PART OF THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE FRANCHISE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1989 AS
AN EXPANSION FRANCHISE, AND HAS HAD SUCH NOTABLE NBA STARS SUCH ASSHAQUILLE O'NEAL, PENNY
HARDAWAY, GRANT HILL, TRACY MCGRADY, STEVE FRANCIS, DWIGHT HOWARD, AND RASHARD
LEWIS THROUGHOUT ITS YOUNG HISTORY. THE FRANCHISE HAS ALSO BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR MORE
THAN HALF OF THEIR EXISTENCE (14 PLAYOFF APPEARANCES IN 24 YEARS). ORLANDO HAS BEEN THE
SECOND MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE FOUR EXPANSION TEAMS BROUGHT INTO THE LEAGUE IN 1988 AND
1989 IN TERMS OF WINNING PERCENTAGE, AFTER THE MIAMI HEAT. AS OF 2012, THEY ARE THE ONLY TEAM
IN THE "BIG FOUR" SPORTS LEAGUES TO PLAY IN THE CITY OF ORLANDO.

28. 76ERS
• HEY PLAY IN THE ATLANTIC DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (NBA). FOUNDED IN 1946 AND ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS, THEY
ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST FRANCHISES IN THE NBA, AND ONLY ONE OF EIGHT (OUT OF 23) TO SURVIVE THE
LEAGUE'S FIRST DECADE. AFTER THEIR MOVE TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1963, A CONTEST WAS HELD TO DECIDE
ON THEIR NEW NAME. THE WINNING NAME, CHOSEN BY WALTER STALBERG, WAS THE "76ERS", AS A
"TRIBUTE TO THE GALLANT MEN WHO FORGED THIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE" IN 1776.

29. SUNS
• THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE PACIFIC DIVISION OF
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (NBA), AND THE ONLY TEAM IN THEIR DIVISION
NOT TO BE BASED IN CALIFORNIA. SINCE 1992 THEIR HOME
ARENA HAS BEEN THE US AIRWAYS CENTER, WHICH WAS
FORMERLY KNOWN AS AMERICA WEST ARENA,
IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX. THE ARENA IS OFTEN REFERRED TO
AS THE "PURPLE PALACE" DUE TO ITS PURPLE SEATS, WHICH
ALSO IS ONE OF THE SUNS COLORS.

30. BLAZERS
• THEY PLAY IN THE NORTHWEST DIVISION OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE TRAIL BLAZERS PLAYED THEIR HOME GAMES IN THE MEMORIAL COLISEUM BEFORE
MOVING TO THE MODA CENTER IN 1995 (CALLED THE ROSE GARDEN UNTIL 2013). THE FRANCHISE ENTERED THE
LEAGUE IN 1970, AND PORTLAND HAS BEEN ITS ONLY HOME CITY. THE FRANCHISE HAS ENJOYED A STRONG
FOLLOWING; FROM 1977 THROUGH 1995, THE TEAM SOLD OUT 814 CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES, THE LONGEST
SUCH STREAK IN AMERICAN MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. THE TRAIL BLAZERS HAVE BEEN THE ONLY NBA
TEAM BASED IN THE BINATIONAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AFTER THE VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES RELOCATED TO
MEMPHIS AND BECAME THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES IN 2001, AND THE SEATTLE SUPERSONICS RELOCATED TO
OKLAHOMA CITY AND BECAME THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER IN 2008.

31. KINGS
• THE SACRAMENTO KINGS ARE A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM BASED IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA,
UNITED STATES. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE PACIFIC DIVISION OF THEWESTERN CONFERENCE IN
THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE KINGS ARE THE ONLY TEAM IN THE MAJOR
PROFESSIONAL NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS LEAGUES LOCATED IN SACRAMENTO; THEY PLAY THEIR HOME
GAMES AT SLEEP TRAIN ARENA.

32. SPURS
• THE SPURS ARE ONE OF FOUR FORMER AMERICAN
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION TEAMS TO REMAIN INTACT IN
THE NBA AFTER THE 1976 ABA–NBA MERGER AND IS THE
ONLY FORMER ABA TEAM TO HAVE WON AN NBA
CHAMPIONSHIP. THE SPURS' FOUR NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARE THE FOURTH MOST IN NBA HISTORY, BEHIND ONLY
THE BOSTON CELTICS (17), LOS ANGELES LAKERS (16)
AND CHICAGO BULLS (6). AS OF JULY 2009, THE SPURS
RANK THIRD AMONG ACTIVE FRANCHISES FOR THE
HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN NBA HISTORY; THEY
HAVE ONLY MISSED THE PLAYOFFS FOUR TIMES AS AN NBA
FRANCHISE.

33. JAZZ
• THE UTAH JAZZ ARE AN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL FRANCHISE BASED IN SALT LAKE
CITY, UTAH. THEY ARE A PART OF THE NORTHWEST DIVISION IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE IN
THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (NBA). THE FRANCHISE BEGAN IN 1974 AS THE NEW ORLEANS
JAZZ IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA; THE TEAM MOVED TO UTAH IN 1979.
• THE JAZZ WERE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE IN THEIR EARLY YEARS. ALTHOUGH
THEY TOOK 10 YEARS BEFORE THEY MADE A PLAYOFF APPEARANCE (IN 1984), THEY WOULD NOT MISS THE
PLAYOFFS AGAIN UNTIL 2004. DURING THE LATE 1980S, JOHN STOCKTON AND KARL MALONE AROSE AS
THE FRANCHISE PLAYERS FOR THE TEAM, AND FORMED ONE OF THE MOST FAMED POINT GUARD–POWER
FORWARD DUOS IN NBA HISTORY.

34. WIZARDS
• THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS ARE A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL FRANCHISE BASED IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. THEY ARE PART OF THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. THE TEAM PLAYS THEIR HOME GAMES AT THE VERIZON CENTER, IN
THE CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

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HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/NEW_ORLEANS_PELICANS
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/ORLANDO_MAGIC
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MINNESOTA_TIMBERWOLVES
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MILWAUKEE_BUCKS
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MEMPHIS_GRIZZLIES
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/SACRAMENTO_KINGS
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HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/CLEVELAND_CAVALIERS
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/PHILADELPHIA_76ERS
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/DETROIT_PISTONS
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/WASHINGTON_WIZARDS
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GOLDEN_STATE_WARRIORS
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HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/INDIANA_PACERS
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/LOS_ANGELES_CLIPPERS
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HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MIAMI_HEAT