NBA History

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  1. 3. Who is featured as the silhouette in the official NBA logo?
  2. 5. Which player has won the most NBA MVP awards in league history?
  3. 7. In what year was the NBA founded?
  4. 11. Which team won the inaugural NBA championship in 1947?
  5. 12. Which player has won the most NBA championships?
  6. 14. When was the three-point line introduced in the NBA?
  7. 15. The "Dream Team," which featured the first active NBA players in the Olympics, famously won the gold medal. What year did this happen?
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  1. 1. What team did Michael Jordan play for primarily.
  2. 2. What team was nicknamed the "Bad Boys"?
  3. 4. The 24-second shot clock was introduced in 1954 to speed up the game. Which team is credited with pioneering this innovation?
  4. 6. Who holds the record for the most points scored in a single NBA game?
  5. 8. The NBA was formed by a merger in 1949. What were the names of the two rival organizations that came together? In 2 abbreviations with a & symbol in between.
  6. 9. Who is the first African American player to play in an NBA game?
  7. 10. Which two rival superstars are credited with igniting fan interest and saving the league in the 1980s? Put a & symbol in between
  8. 13. Who was the first player in NBA history to be unanimously voted MVP?