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The NBA was was founded in 1946.
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On November 1 the first game of basketball was ever played at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Bill Russell joined the Bosten Celtics and lead them to 11 championships.
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The Bosten Celtics currently have the most NBA championships with 17.
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Wilt Chamberlin is the only player in the NBA to score over 100 points in one game.
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The very first NBA slam dunk contest was won by Julius Erving in 1976.
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Larry Bird joined the NBA in 1979 and became one of the greatest players with his killer three point shot.
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The three pointer was added to the game of basketball to open it up.
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Drazen Pedrovic joined the NBA in the 1980's. More and more Inernation players started joining the NBA such as Dirk Nowitzki and Hakeem Olajuwon.
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Michael Jordan entered the NBA boosting its popularity greatly! He went on to be the best player in the game winning 6 championships.
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Larry Bird won the celtics their 16th championship and won his 3rd straight MVP award.
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7-footer Hakeem Olajuwon paired with 7-foot-4 Ralph Sampson lead the Rockets to their first appearence in the NBA finals.
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In 1992 the NBA's first Olypic team was formed featering Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, John Stockton, Chris Mulln, Karl Malone, Clyde Drexler and Charles Barkley.
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The Houston Rockets won back to back championships in 1994-1995.
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Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Ray Allen and Steve Nash were in this draft and ended up being really good.
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After just one year in the NBA Kobe Bryant won the slam dunk contest in 1997.
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The Los Angales Lakers won 3 straight championships in a row from 2000-2002.
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from the draft in 2001-2006 87 foreign players were elected.
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In 2003 the NBA's greatest player Michael Jordan retired.
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Kobe Bryant scored a game high 81 points against the Toranto Raptors.
