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The NBA often schedules showdowns between greatest players on Christmas Day, such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James (both pictured) in 2009 and 2010.. The first NBA game played on December 25 came in 1947, a year after the NBA's inception, when the New York Knicks beat the Providence Steamrollers at Madison Square Garden 89–75. [1]
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
List of National Basketball League (United States) champions; List of NBA champions; List of NBA Cup champions; List of NBL champions; List of NBL1 Central champions; List of NBL1 East champions; List of NBL1 North champions; List of NBL1 South champions; List of NBL1 West champions; List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions; List of ...
The NBA is also the only league that regularly schedules games on Christmas Day. [160] The league has been playing games regularly on the holiday since 1947, [161] though the first Christmas Day games were not televised until 1983–84. [162] Games played on this day have featured some of the best teams and players.
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
All-Stars and title-contenders are well-represented in the Christmas Day games: Hawks-Knicks, Celtics-Bucks, Warriors-Suns, Nets-Lakers and Mavs-Jazz. NBA announces Christmas Day schedule. Here's ...
Pages in category "NBA games" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game; NBA Christmas games; K. Knicks ...
List of NBA career 3-point field goal percentage leaders; List of NBA career personal fouls leaders; List of NBA career playoff games played leaders; List of NBA career technical fouls leaders; List of NBA drafted players from Serbia; List of NBA G League career scoring leaders; List of NBA head coaches with 400 games coached; List of NBA ...