The first NBA was the New York Knickerbokers vs. the Toronto Huskies. In the first season, 1946-1947, of the NBA (called the BAA until the merger with the NBL in 1949) the top three teams from the Eastern and Western divisions were invited to the playoffs. The two division champions played a Semifinal best-of-seven series for entry into the finals. The other four teams played two rounds of best-of-three playoffs to face the winner of the Semifinal match. That year, the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1 in the first ever BAA Championship. The New York Knicks defeated the Toronto Huskies 68-66 in the very first NBA game on November 1, 1946. Any fan taller than Toronto center George Nostrand was granted free admission.
Wilt's first season in the NBA was the 1959-60 season.
LeBron James' first season in the NBA was the 2003-04 season.2003
NBA teams just play in the preseason to get ready for the NBA but no it doesn't count in the season or towards the playoffs.
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
During the regular season, each team plays 82 games, 41 each home and away. Since there are 30 teams in the NBA, that is a total of 1,230 games in each season.
The tip-off win percentage for NBA teams this season is approximately 50.
The first season of the NBA was 1946 when they were known as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Three teams from that first season still exist; the Philadelphia Warriors who now play as the Golden State Warriors, New York Knickerbockers, and Boston Celtics.
As of the current season, the NBA tip-off win percentage for teams is approximately 50.
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The NBA playoffs consist of the top eight teams from each conference based on their regular season performance. The teams that make the playoffs are determined by their win-loss record throughout the season.
In the first year of the NBA in 1946-1947 Season, the Chicago Stags won the NBA Championship. In 1948-1949, the Minneapolis Lakers won a championship in the first year. Never again, has this been accomplished.
Well, there are 16 teams who makes it to the NBA playoffs each season. So Mathematically, in 12 years multiplied to 16 teams per year, that would be 192 teams. But of course there's only one team is being declared as the NBA champion each season.
Currently, each team plays 16 regular season games. There are 256 NFL games in the season
Training Camp in the 2008-09 season will start in mid September. Preseason games when teams get to play against other teams will start Oct. 5th. (first week of October) and the regular season officially begins on Oct. 28th
Number of teams: 11 (10 midway through the season)
The first NBA basketball game of the season typically starts in October.
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