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This is a list of the men's national basketball teams in the world. There are more than 200 national basketball teams, the second sport with more national teams, [ 1 ] with teams representing all UN member states except Liechtenstein , as well as several dependent territories , sub-national entities and states who are not members of the United ...
Carlos Arroyo is from Puerto Rico and was the leader of the 2004 Puerto Rican national team which defeated the United States team in Olympic play, becoming the first country to defeat the U.S. in Olympic play since 1992. This is symbolic because the sport of basketball was brought to Puerto Rico by migrants from the mainland.
The following list contains all urban areas in the United States and Canada containing at least one team in any of the six major leagues. The number of teams in the Big Four leagues (B4) (NFL, [2] MLB, [3] NBA, [4] and NHL [5]) and the Big Six leagues (B6) (aforementioned leagues plus MLS [6] and CFL) [7] are included in the table below.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of 30 teams in North America—29 in the United States and one in Canada.The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
In addition to the EuroLeague teams that have beaten NBA teams, one senior men's European national team, the Soviet Union, beat the Atlanta Hawks, by a score of 132–123, in an exhibition game in Moscow, in 1988. So far, only one non-European team has beaten an NBA team (Israeli teams participate in European competitions).
Most of the major professional teams have won multiple championships in their respective leagues. Massachusetts teams have won 6 Stanley Cups (Boston Bruins), [30] 18 NBA Championships (Boston Celtics), [31] 6 Super Bowls (New England Patriots), [32] and 10 World Series (9 Boston Red Sox, 1 Boston Braves). [33]
Team USA was led by Jodie Meeks, Patrick McCaw, Frank Mason III, and Norris Cole. [13] On 16 August 2023, Team Mexico defeated the Kansas State University Wildcats 83–81 in an exhibition game in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [14] Kansas State made it to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament in the 2022–23 season. [15]
Kansas City and St. Louis currently have two teams each, while the other cities have three. Atlanta had teams from all four sports (MLB’s Atlanta Braves, NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, and NHL’s Atlanta Flames) from 1972, when the expansion Flames began play, until 1980, when the Flames moved to Calgary.