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The game of basketball was born in a school gym in Springfield,
Massachusetts. The weather was bad, children were bored, and a
teacher hung two peach baskets on either side of a room and invited
children to shoot a ball into it. How far we've come since then!
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By the 1920s, there were hundreds of men's professional basketball teams in cities and towns. Leagues came and went, and players switched loyalties like the wind. Early teams included the Original Celtics, New York Renaissance Five, and the Harlem Globetrotters.
In the 1920s the sport was popular with women as well, and one well-known player was Babe Didriksen. Teams such as the Golden Cyclones and All American Red Heads sprung up throughout the United States.
In 1997 women came back on the scene with the formation of the WNBA. In 2001 the NBA formed a developmental league called the NBDL, which currently has 15 teams.
Today the NBA has a total of 30 teams separated into five sections — Atlantic, Central, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, and Pacific.
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NBA Basketball Teams:
- Atlanta Hawks
www.NBA.com/Hawks/ - Boston Celtics
www.NBA.com/Celtics/ - Charlotte Bobcats
www.NBA.com/Bobcats/ - Chicago Bulls
www.NBA.com/Bulls/ - Cleveland Cavaliers
www.NBA.com/Cavs/ - Dallas Mavericks
www.NBA.com/Mavericks/ - Denver Nuggets
www.NBA.com/Nuggets/ - Detroit Pistons
www.NBA.com/Pistons/ - Golden State Warriors
www.NBA.com/Warriors/ - Houston Rockets
www.NBA.com/Rockets/ - Indiana Pacers
www.NBA.com/Pacers/ - Los Angeles Clippers
www.NBA.com/Clippers/ - Los Angeles Lakers
www.NBA.com/Lakers/ - Memphis Grizzlies
www.NBA.com/Grizzlies/ - Miami Heat
www.NBA.com/Heat/ - Milwaukee Bucks
www.NBA.com/Bucks/ - Minnesota Timberwolves
www.NBA.com/Timberwolves/ - New Jersey Nets
www.NBA.com/Nets/ - New Orleans Hornets
www.NBA.com/Hornets/ - New York Knicks
www.NBA.com/Knicks/ - Oklahoma City Thunder
www.NBA.com/Thunder/ - Orlando Magic
www.NBA.com/Magic/ - Philadelphia Sixers
www.NBA.com/Sixers/ - Phoenix Suns
www.NBA.com/Suns/ - Portland Blazers
www.NBA.com/Blazers/ - Sacramento Kings
www.NBA.com/Kings/ - San Antonio Spurs
www.NBA.com/Spurs/ - Toronto Raptors
www.NBA.com/Raptors/ - Utah Jazz
www.NBA.com/Jazz/ - Washington Wizards
www.NBA.com/Wizards/
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