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The main basketball league in North America brings together each season hundreds of thousands of spectators passionate about the orange ball. The NBA, headquartered on Fifth Avenue in New York, is home to the world's greatest basketball stars and has a track record that goes far beyond the borders of the United States. Popular and broadcast on television in Europe, NBA matches fascinate by the speed and quality of play that no other country in the world is able to match.
It is often said that every NBA finals actually correspond to a world championship, as the level of play of American players is unique in the world. Thus, the media coverage of the regular season, but especially the playoffs is impressive. The NBA.com site is one of the most popular sports sites and allows fans to vote to elect players participating in the All Star Game. In 1999, the television channel NBA TV is born and is broadcast in more than 40 countries. The NBA games have been broadcast by Canal + in France since 1984 and testify to the importance of this sport beyond the US borders and its cultural impact that marks the French society. Each NBA finals has between 14 and 25 million viewers and tickets to the match can be sold at exorbitant prices. Thus the best places at the edge of the field can reach 28,000 dollars!
The NBA was born in New York in 1946 and became the first league to play in big halls in major cities. It adopts its official name in 1949, which marks the beginning of the first official season. Being a sport mostly composed of white players, 1950 marks the year of integration with the recruitment of Chuck Cooper to the Boston Celtics. Basketball is fast becoming a multi-racial sport, known for its diversity, and the Minneapolis Lakers are the first strong team to win five titles in six years. The 1960s marked the arrival of the greatest champions like Wilt Chamberlain, superstar of rebounds and Bill Russell whose rivalry with Chamberlain enthralled the crowds. The year 1967 is nicknamed the year of the War of the Talents because another league, the American Basketball Association, decides in agreement with the NBA to disappear and this one thus recovers many franchises like Nets, Nuggets, Pacers or the Spurs. The league thus continues to grow thanks to new franchises and the establishment of sports rules that will make basketball more and more spectacular