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1、BasketballCultureofAmerica3090102588庞宇琛Basketball,theworld'sgreatestsportever,andofcourseoneofthetopsportsinAmerica,hasanunbelievableaffectonculture.BeingansportthatdominatedAmerica,basketballisconsideredasaprimelabelofAmericanculture.Nowadays,ifbasketballistalked,theNBA
2、(NationalBasketballAssociation)can’tbeignored.The2010NBAAll-StarGamewasheldatCowboysStadiuminfrontofthelargestcrowdever,108,713.The2010playoffsbeganonApril17,2010.TheeightEasternConferenceteamsthatmadeittotheplayoffsweretheBostonCeltics,OrlandoMagic,ClevelandCavaliers,At
3、lantaHawks,ChicagoBulls,MiamiHeat,MilwaukeeBucks,andCharlotteBobcats.[13]ThequalifyingWesternConferenceteamsweretheLosAngelesLakers,PhoenixSuns,UtahJazz,SanAntonioSpurs,OklahomaCityThunder,PortlandTrailBlazers,DenverNuggets,andtheDallasMavericks.[13]TheClevelandCavaliers
4、finishedtheseasonwiththebestrecordinboththeeastandtheentireNBA,butwereeliminatedbytheBostonCelticsintheConferenceSemi-Finals.TheLosAngelesLakersfinishedwiththebestrecordinthewest.TheLakersbeattheSunsin6games,advancingtotheNBAFinalsforthe31sttime.TheBostonCelticsalsoadvan
5、cedtotheNBAFinals,defeatingtheOrlandoMagicin6games.TheCelticsandtheLakersrenewedtheirrivalryfrom2008whentheymetagainintheNBAFinalsforthe12thtime.TheLakerswonthetitleinthe7thgame,83-79.KobeBryantwonhissecondFinalsMVPaward.TheNationalBasketballAssociation(NBA)isthepre-emin
6、entmen'sprofessionalbasketballleagueinNorthAmericawhichconsistsofthirtyfranchisedmemberclubs,ofwhichtwenty-ninearelocatedintheUnitedStatesandoneinCanada.ItisanactivememberofUSABasketball(USAB),[1]whichisrecognizedbytheInternationalBasketballFederationastheNationalGoverni
7、ngBody(NGB)forbasketballintheUnitedStates.TheNBAisoneofthefourmajorNorthAmericanprofessionalsportsleagues,whichincludeMajorLeagueBaseball(MLB),theNationalFootballLeague(NFL),andtheNationalHockeyLeague(NHL).TheleaguewasfoundedinNewYorkCityonJune6,1946astheBasketballAssoci
8、ationofAmerica(BAA).TheleagueadoptedthenameNationalBasketballAssociationin1949aftermergingwiththerivalN
