NBA 

Tereza Karasová

What do you need to know about the most famous basketball league? About NBA, which means National Basketball Association. NBA is the world's top men's professional basketball league.

There are currently 30 teams in the NBA. 29 from USA and one from Canada. Teams are divided into two major conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. Each conference has three divisions of 5 teams. Each team in the NBA plays 82 regular season games. They play 41 games at home and 41 away. Every team in the NBA plays every other team at least once during the season.

The league was formed in New York City on June 6, 1946. First NBA game was played on November 1, 1946. The Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers.

Team that have won most championships is Boston Celtics. They have won 17 championships. And last winner of NBA are Toronto Raptors. They won over Golden State Warriors. And it is their first title.

The NBA is widely considered the top level of competition in the world for basketball. With an average player height of about 6 foot 6 inches, it is also the world's tallest sports league.

In NBA played and play some of Czech players. There are four of them, first one is Jiří Zídek, which played in years 1995-1998 and he played for Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets and Seattle SuperSonics. Jiří Welsch, which played in 2002-2006 for Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Milwaukee Bucks. Jan Veselý, which played in 2011-2014 for Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets. Tomáš Satoranský, which played for Washington Wizards and now he plays for Chicago Bulls.