Today we are going to talk about the NBA. Firstly a little bit of history.
The NBA ( National Basketball Association ) was founded in New York in 1946, it is a League composed of 30 teams, 29 in the United States and one in Canada. The League is divided in two sections, we have the East coast and the West coast. Every year the teams confronts each other to get to the playoffs. The playoffs are for the best teams in the NBA, 8 from the East coast and 8 for the West coast.
In each coast, teams are fighting to get to the final. Games can be to 4 until 7. In others terms, if a team wins 4 games in a row they can go to the next stage. But for example if it is an equality like 3-3 they have to play a game seven also called "win or go home". When a team from the East coast for example, get to the Eastern finals they win a trophy it is the same for the West coast. It means, that they are the best team in rather the East or West coast. But, it is not finished yet. Indeed the best team from the East has to play against the best team form the West coast. It is the "FINALS". The last finals in 2019, it is the Toronto Raptors an Eastern team who has win it.
But the NBA is also a League where you can watch an All Star Game. Every February people around the world can assist at a big show. The better players are selected by the crowd and they play against each other. Every year until 2018 it was the best players from the East against the best player from the west. But now it is the teams of the two best player of the league. For instance this year it was team Giannis Antetokounmpo against the team LeBron James aka "King James". That being said the best players from the west are blended with the best players from the east. That is because I reckon that every year the west was always winning but now it is more tight.
watch on Friday night a tree point contest, so it is the bests shooters from tree point range in the League who confront each other to see who is the best tree point shouter.
On Saturday night you can watch the dunk contest, so it is the same as the three point contest but with Dunks. Dunks are the most spectacular things in the NBA. It is when a player puts directly the ball in the basketball (panier).
What is the reward for the best player ?
In the NBA, the best player is called the "Most Valuable Player". Firstly, there is the best player from both coasts and, at the end of the regular season (before the playoffs) he gets a reward. We calculate his stats and how he manages to lead his team to the playoffs to give him the reward.
Then there is the reward for the best player from the "FINALS" so the best team from the West against the best team from the East.
To conclude, I chose to talk about the NBA because I played myself basketball and I am a huge fan of Lebron James and the NBA.
