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Dennis Wayne Johnson was born the eighth of sixteen children, to a social worker and a bricklayer who lived in Compton, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. [1] Originally a baseball fan and a Little Leaguer, [2] Johnson learned basketball from his father, but seemed to have neither the size nor the talent to compete with his peers: as a teenager at Dominguez High School, Johnson measured just ...
The 2004–05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It began on November 2, 2004, and ended on June 23, 2005. The season ended with the San Antonio Spurs defeating the defending-champion Detroit Pistons, 4–3, in the NBA Finals.
NBA: San Antonio Spurs over the Detroit Pistons 4-3. MVP: Tim Duncan. See also 2004–05 NBA season, 2005 NBA Playoffs, 2005 NBA Finals, 2005 NBA draft, 2005 NBA All-Star Game; EuroBasket 2005: Greece 78, Germany 62; EuroLeague: Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated TAU Cerámica 90-78 in the final; Philippine Basketball Association 2004–05 season:
In his third season, Wade led the Heat to their first NBA Championship and was named the 2006 NBA Finals MVP. At the 2008 Summer Olympics , he led the United States men's basketball team , commonly known as the " Redeem Team ", in scoring and helped them capture the gold medal.
NBA Finals – San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA title in the past seven years, defeating the Detroit Pistons in the first seven-game NBA Finals in eleven years. WNBA Finals - Sacramento Monarchs defeat Connecticut Sun to win their only title. Men's Division I – North Carolina defeats Illinois, 75–70, in the Championship Game.
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, [9] is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
This game was the 54th edition of the North American National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2004–05 NBA season. For the second time in the last six years, the East defeated the West 125–115, with Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers named the Most Valuable Player. Iverson scored 15 points, handed ...