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Most Finals Appearances by NBA Franchise
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Most Finals Appearances by NBA FranchiseLos Angeles Lakers have made 31 final appearances. They made their first finals appearance in 1948-49 season under the name of Minneapolis Lakers (their original location). That same year, they won the championship as well. Initially, players like Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Magic Johnson helped Lakers in reaching NBA finals.
Most Playoff Appearances by NBA Team
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Most Playoff Appearances by NBA TeamLos Angeles Lakers have made the most playoff appearances in NBA history with 60 while they missed only 5 playoffs in their 65 NBA seasons. Boston Celtics reached the playoffs 51 times and Philadelphia 76ers franchise qualified for the playoffs 47 times.
Top Selling NBA Jerseys (2001-2013)
Category: NBA,Uncategorized, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Top Selling NBA Jerseys (2001-2013)NBA has been releasing the list of most popular NBA jerseys since 2001. The list is released twice a year without revealing sales figures and it is based on the sales at officially licensed retailers, NBA Store and on NBA Store.com.
5 Great NBA Players who retired too early due to injury
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on 5 Great NBA Players who retired too early due to injuryNo matter how great a player is, he has to retire one day. But there are some players whose career ended rather prematurely and in a tragic manner.
Careers may be cut short to various reasons but one of the most common is some chronic injury. Let’s take a look at some of those players who were extremely talented but could not play enough and retired too soon due to some injury.
Longest Double Digit Assist Streaks in NBA History
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Longest Double Digit Assist Streaks in NBA HistoryThis is the list of longest double digit assist streaks in NBA history.
46 – Magic Johnson (April 13, 1983- Feb. 28, 1984)
Most Bizarre Decisions ever made by NBA Referees
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Most Bizarre Decisions ever made by NBA RefereesIt is a fact that players never get satisfied with the decisions made by the referees and they always complain about their calls. But there are some decisions that can’t be dubbed tough or worth arguing about, they are just insane from whatever angle you look at them.
Longest Scoring Streaks in NBA History
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Longest Scoring Streaks in NBA HistoryThis is the list of longest individual scoring streaks ranging from 60 points to 10 points.
Miami Heat: Second-Longest Winning Streak in NBA History
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Miami Heat: Second-Longest Winning Streak in NBA HistoryWith 27 straight wins, Miami Heat now holds the record for the second-longest winning streak in NBA history. The winning streak started on Feb 3 and ended on March 27 with a loss to Chicago Bulls.
List of Local Television Stations For NBA Teams
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on List of Local Television Stations For NBA TeamsNBA games are televised both on national and local television. Each Local station airs the games of its own respective NBA team and majority of these local stations are member of either Fox Sports Networks or Comcast SportsNet. Previously, Fox Sports covered the Los Angeles Lakers games as well but not anymore since Lakers have signed a multi-year contract with Time Warner Cable. Here is a list of all the local stations that holds the rights to cover NBA games.
NBA: Most Career Turnovers
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on NBA: Most Career TurnoversTurnover can be defined as losing the possession of the ball before a shot is being attempted. There can be many reasons to a turnover such as ball being stolen from a player, offensive fouls, violations and bad passes.