英語北美文化

1、The National Basketball Association(NBA)1.Introduction2.History3.Constitution4.System1IntrodutionThe National Basketball Association(NBA) is the excellent mens professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier mens professional basketball league in the world

2、.2IntroductionThe NBA has thirty franchised member clubs(29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball(USAB), which is recognized by FIBA(also known as the International Basketball Federation)as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.3In

3、stroducton4HistoryThe league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America(BAA). The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after absorbing the rival National Basketball Legue(NBL). 5ConstitutionThe National Basketball Asso

4、ciationEastern Conference AtlanticCentralSoutheastWestern ConferenceNorthwestPacificSouthwest6ConstitutionThe association includes two conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. Every conference divides into three division,and each division has five teams. 7SystemThe official se

5、ason includes the Regular season and the Playoffs.Every team has 82 games to play in the regular season,and the top 8 teams in each conference can join the playoffs.Then only two teams can be admitted into the finals,both two teams are the champion of their own conference.8SystemIn the Plyoffs and the Finals, the team which win 4 games first will be the winner. The winner of the finals will be called as the World Champion.The Championship is the highest honor, every player in t