who were the first nba teams?
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The original 11 teams were: Boston Celtics, Chicago Stags, Cleveland Rebels*, Detroit Falcons*, New York Knickerbockers, Philadelphia Warriors, Pittsburgh Ironmen*, Providence Steamrollers, St Louis Bombers, Toronto Huskies* and Washington Capitols. * these 4 teams dropped out after one season.
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Wilt Chamberlain, Warriors (13), Lakers (13) and 76ers (13) Wilt Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to have his jersey retired by three teams.
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Major League became an inspiration for the real Cleveland Indians and the city, given the previously long-standing Cleveland sports curse that had left Cleveland without any sporting championships in between 1964 and 2016 (when the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers won their first title in their 46-year history).
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['Toronto Raptors (1997–2000)', 'Orlando Magic (2000–04)', 'Houston Rockets (2004–10)', 'Final years and retirement (2010–13)', 'NBA regular season.']
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NBA Finals: Most NBA championships won by a franchise. Two franchises - Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers - have alone combined for 33 of the 73 previous NBA titles.
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The Celtics are regarded as the most successful basketball team in NBA history; the franchise has won the most championships in the NBA with 17 (accounting for 23.9 percent of all NBA championships since the league's founding), and currently hold the record for the most recorded wins of any NBA team.
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The team was originally established as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics moved in 2008 after a settlement was reached between the ownership group led by Clay Bennett and lawmakers in Seattle, Washington following a lawsuit.
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Only eight teams competed in the first NCAA tournament. It then steadily increased from 32 teams in 1975 to 64 teams in 1985. The most recent expansion came in 2011, when 68 teams were invited to participate.
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In the National Basketball Association, a rookie is any player who has never played a game in the NBA until that year and the past 5 years.
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['Miami Heat.', 'Boston Celtics. The Celtics uniform is timeless. ... ', "Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers have perfected the purple and gold look and it's been that way for a very, very long time. ... ", 'New York Knicks.', 'Milwaukee Bucks. ... ', 'Portland Trail Blazers.', 'Toronto Raptors. ... ', 'Chicago Bulls.']
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Three teams that can be classified as publicly traded teams are the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) (Cheffins, 1999).
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Boston Celtics leads this all-time list with 3 editions. Philadelphia Sixers had 3 players selected as starters in 1983, the most for any team in the NBA All-Star history.
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The record for points by someone in his first game is held by Wilt Chamberlain, who scored 43 for the Philadelphia Warriors at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks on Oct. 24, 1959. A year later, Oscar Robertson's first NBA game resulted in his first triple-double – 21 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists.
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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet ( ...
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The NBA G League, formerly the NBA Development League or NBA D-League, is the NBA's official minor league, preparing players, coaches, officials, trainers and front office staff for the NBA while acting as the league's research and development laboratory.
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What franchise has played in the most NBA finals since 1947? The Lakers.
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Lacrosse was started by the Native American Indians and was originally known as stickball. The game was initially played in the St. Lawrence Valley area by the Algonquian tribe and they were followed by other tribes in the eastern half of North America, and around the western Great Lakes.