Nba report

NBA BasketballBy:Jack Tims

NBA stands for national basketball association. The NBA commisioner is David Stern. NBA is a professional basketball league and at the end of the year there are the playoffs.

In the playoffs the top eight teams in each conference go to the playoffs.

The number one seed plays the eight seed and the number two seed plays the seventh seed and so on.

The one who wins all of their series goes to the NBA finals and plays the winner of the other conference.

Playoffs

Brian Scalabrine

Brian Scalabrine played at university of southern california and got drafted in the NBA draft in 2001. He got drafted to the New Jersey nets and played there for four years.

All Star WeekendIn All-Star weekend There are lots of activities. Such as All star game, Celebrity game, and slam dunk contest.

Lebron James got drafted to the Cleveland cavaliers straight from high school,Then he left them to the Miami Heat and won a national title in 2012.

Lebron James

Kevin DurantKevin Durant plays for the Oklahoma city Thunder. Last year they lost to Lebron and the Heat in the NBA championship. This year they are going into the tournament as number one seed in the west.

The Rivalry

Kevin and Lebron played eachother last year in the NBA finals and

they also fight for the scoring title, MVP, and NBA

finals MVP.

Road To The Finals

2013 NBA Playoffs

The 2013 NBA playoffs just started and is almost in the second round. Going into the playoffs as 1st seed was the Oklahoma City Thunder in the west, and the Miami Heat in the east. If the playoffs work the way they are suppose to they will meet in the NBA Finals again.

NBA Legends

Michael JordanMichael Jordan is considered the best player in the NBA. He also had 6 NBA Championships. Michael Jordan was also a starter for the ’92 “Dream Team” in the olympics when he led them to a gold medal.

Larry BirdLarry Bird played For the Boston Celtics and won three NBA championships. He also played for the ’92 Dream Team.

Magic Johnson Magic Johnson played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979-1991. He won five NBA Championships and also played for the ’92 Dream Team

Kobe BryantKobe Bryant played for the Los Angeles Lakers and won 5 NBA Championships. He didn’t play college ball because he was so good that he came straight from High School.

Most NBA Championships

The Boston Celtics won 17 NBA Championships. Bill Russel won 11 with the Celtics and the other 6 were with different people.

The End

Credits

Wikipedia.com

Google.com

NBA.com

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