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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a 10 foot (3.048 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.
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Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics (pronounced /ˈsɛltɪks/) are a professional basketball club based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Wycliffe...
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- 1946
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Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. 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 American...
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- 1988
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New Jersey Nets
The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They are currently based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and play their home games at the Izod...
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- 1967
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New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, known familiarly as the Knicks, are a professional National Basketball Association team based in New York City, and the most valuable franchise in the league, valued at $640 million. The organization was a founding...
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- 1946
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Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy. The franchise was...
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- 1989
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Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers (also known as the Sixers for short) are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In 1946, Danny Biasone sent a $5...
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- 1939
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Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The club now known as the Wizards began play as the Chicago Packers...
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- 1961
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Atlanta 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). The Hawks are coached by Mike Woodson, who is...
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- 1946
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New Orleans Hornets
The New Orleans Hornets is a professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It plays in the Southwest Division of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise began play during the 1988–89 NBA season as the Charlotte...
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- 1988
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Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was founded in 1966. They play their home...
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- 1966
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Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1970 as an expansion team and won their first Eastern Conference...
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- 1970
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Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons is a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills.
The franchise was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a National Basketball...
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- 1941
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Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is based in the state's capital and largest city, Indianapolis, Indiana, located in the center of the state. The Indiana Fever of...
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- 1967
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Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The current franchise owner is U.S. Senator Herb Kohl.
The Milwaukee Bucks were formed in January 1968 when...
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- 1968
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Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1995, along with the...
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- 1995
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Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas, USA. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Founded in 1980, the...
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- 1980
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Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Denver Rockets (previously called the Denver Larks) were a charter franchise in the American Basketball...
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- 1967
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Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets is an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. 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...
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- 1967
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Memphis Grizzlies
For the World Football League team of the 1970s, see Memphis Southmen
The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National...
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- 1995
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Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Their organization is a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
NBA basketball returned to the Twin Cities in 1989 for the...
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- 1989
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San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams (along with the Nets,...
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- 1967
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Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz are a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise began in 1974 as the New...
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- 1974
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Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was first established in 1946 in...
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- 1946
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Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division. The club's home...
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- 1970
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Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister...
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- 1946
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Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Their home arena since 1992 has been the US Airways...
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- 1968
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Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail...
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- 1970
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Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. The Kings are members of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The franchise that would become the Sacramento Kings initially started in the...
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- 1945
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Seattle Supersonics
The Seattle SuperSonics (also commonly referred to as the Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967...
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- 1967
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United States national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the representative team for the United States of America in international men's basketball. The USA is one of the most successful teams in international competition, winning medals in all sixteen...
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Kansas City Knights
The Kansas City Knights was the name of an American Basketball Association minor league basketball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They have not played since the 2004/2005 season.
The Knights were one of the ABA's charter franchises and began...
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in New York City. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history. Despite...
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2003 WNBA season began. The Sun was the...
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional women's basketball team that plays in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Fever are based in Indiana's capital and largest city, Indianapolis. Their first season of play in the league was in...
Miami Sol
The Miami Sol was a women's basketball team which joined the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2000. They played their games at American Airlines Arena. The team folded after the 2002 season because of financial problems. They were...
Charlotte Bobcats
The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team is part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. The Bobcats were established in 2004 as an...
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- 2004
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Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism, theater, and comedy.
Created by Abe Saperstein in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a major African...
Baltimore Bayrunners
The Baltimore Bayrunners were part of the International Basketball League (IBL). The Bayrunners were the first professional basketball team Baltimore had seen since the now-Washington Wizards moved from Baltimore in 1973. The Memphis franchise of...
Dakota Wizards
The Dakota Wizards are an American basketball team in the NBA Development League. The team was originally formed in 1995 as a member of the International Basketball Association, a basketball circuit based in the northern United States and western...
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors, known simply as Boca Juniors or Boca, is a popular Argentine sports club, best known for its football team. Its home base is the neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, and their home field is Estadio Alberto J. Armando...
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- Apr 3, 1905
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Spirits of St. Louis
The Spirits of St. Louis were one of two teams still in existence at the end of the American Basketball Association that did not survive the ABA-NBA merger. They were a member of the ABA in its last two seasons, 1974-75 and 1975-76, while playing...
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Washington Generals
The Washington Generals are an American exhibition basketball team, best known for their spectacular losing streak in exhibition games against the Harlem Globetrotters.
The Generals were formed in 1952 by Louis "Red" Klotz, who served as owner,...
Gary Steelheads
The Gary Steelheads are a professional basketball team that plays in the International Basketball League. In the past they played in the International Basketball League, Continental Basketball Association, and the United States Basketball League....
Grand Rapids Hoops
The Grand Rapids Hoops was a basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their first season was in 1989, and their final season was in 2003. Now defunct, professional basketball has been...
Rockford Lightning
The Rockford Lightning were a basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association. They were based in Rockford, Illinois. The Lightning were the oldest team in the CBA, originally existing as the Lancaster Red Roses from Lancaster,...
Sioux Falls Skyforce
The Sioux Falls Skyforce is a basketball team that plays in the NBA Development League. They are based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. The team plays at the Sioux Falls Arena. The Skyforce began in the CBA in 1989. They participated in four CBA...
Great Lakes Storm
The Great Lakes Storm was a basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association for three seasons, beginning in 2002 and ending in 2005. They were based in Birch Run, Michigan, a small town between Flint and Saginaw. The Storm...
Idaho Stampede
The Idaho Stampede is an American basketball team that plays in the NBA Development League. The team is based in the Boise, Idaho, area and as of 2005 plays at the Qwest Arena in Boise. The team was founded as a member of the Continental Basketball...
Sheffield Sharks
The Sheffield Sharks is a professional basketball team from the city of Sheffield, England. The Sharks currently play in the British Basketball League and play their home fixtures at English Institute of Sport - Sheffield.
The franchise was...
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi "Electra" Tel Aviv (Hebrew name: "מ.כ. מכבי אלקטרה תל-אביב", transliterated into English as: Maccabi "Electra" Tel Aviv BC) is a professional basketball team that is based in Tel Aviv. The club plays in the Israeli and European basketball...
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- 1969
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Fortitudo Bologna
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is a prominent Italian league professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It began the current 2008-09 season as the only club in the top Italian League that did not include a sponsor's name (not typical...
Virtus Bologna
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna is a prominent Italian League professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. Virtus returned to Italy's top division for the Serie A 2005-06 season after two years in the second division.
Virtus was founded in...
Memphis Sounds
Memphis Sounds was the name of a franchise in the American Basketball Association. The team had begun as the New Orleans Buccaneers, and after three seasons in New Orleans, Louisiana moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where it had occasionally played some...
Philadelphia Sphas
The Philadelphia Sphas were a team that competed in the Eastern Basketball League and then the American Basketball League 1925-55. They played their home games in social halls then, from 1938, in the ballroom of the Broadwood Hotel. After World War...
The Floridians
The Floridians were a professional basketball franchise in the original, now-defunct American Basketball Association. The Floridians began as the Minnesota Muskies in 1967 and then played in the ABA from 1968 through 1970 as the Miami Floridians and...
Oklahoma City Cavalry
The Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry is a professional basketball team based in Lawton, Oklahoma in the Premier Basketball League after having been in the Continental Basketball Association. They are also the current defending champions of the CBA. The...
Asseco Prokom Sopot
Asseco Prokom Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League and the Euroleague.
The team was founded in 1995 as STK Trefl Sopot. In its first season, the team won the polish...
Anwil Włocławek
WTK Anwil Włocławek SSA is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Włocławek, Poland. The team plays in the Polish League and the ULEB Eurocup. Their home arena is Hala Mistrzów (since september 2001).
93–2, 94–2, 99–2, 00–2, 01–2, 02–4, 03...
Polonia Warbud Warszawa
SPEC Polonia Warszawa is a Polish basketball team, based in Warsaw, playing in Dominet Bank Ekstraliga.
Gary Irving Played for this team. He was an American from Niagara Wheatfield High School, Sanborn, New York.
