Basketball in the NBA

- today the NBA contents 29 teams spread over whole North America Distribution of the teams: 2 Conferences (29 teams) Western Division (14 teams) Eastern Division (15 teams) Pacific Division (7) Midwest Division (7) Central Division (8) Atlantic Division (7) Sacramento Kings Utah Jazz Milwaukee Bucks Philadelphia 76ers Los Angeles Lakers San Antonio Spurs Charlotte Hornets Miami Heat Portland Trailblazers Dallas Maveriks Toronto Raptors New York Knicks Phoenix Suns Minnesota Timberwolves Indiana Pacers Orlando Magic Seattle Supersonics Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons Boston Celtics Los Angeles Clippers Denver Nuggets Cleveland Cavaliers New Jersey Nets Golden State Warriors Vancouver Grizzlies Atlanta Hawks Washington Wizzards Chicago Bulls Season: - the regular season goes from November to April - the play-off-round from May until June, where the best eight teams of both conferences took place Special feature: the all-year All-star-game, which is very popular: - The best of the East play against the best of the West - Three-point-shootout - Dunking contest - former famous players were e. g. Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Earvin Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan - today?s stars are Shaquille O Neal, Kobe Bryant, Allan Yverson ...