The Portland Trailblazers Travel on the Path to Another NBA Championship

While standing on top of the world is an amazing feat, getting back there can be challenging. For instance, since the Portland Trailblazers won the 1977 NBA Finals, they have not succeeded at winning their second basketball championship. Since 1977, the Trailblazers have returned to the playoffs 25 times, have played in five Conference Finals, and have advanced to two NBA Finals.

When did the Trailblazers begin their journey to the NBA Finals? They were one of three expansion teams that the NBA added during the 1970-1971 season. The franchise chose the name in a “name the team” contest, in which people submitted about 10,000 entries. “Trailblazers” pays tribute to the explorers who traveled across the Oregon Trail during the 1800s. Here are some interesting facts about the state of Oregon:

• Oregon’s official state colors are blue and gold
• Oregon (and New Jersey) are the only two U.S. states with no “self-serve” gas

The Flash Shines Brighter In Nba All Star As East Beats West 141-139

Miami Heat superstar guard Dwayne “Flash” Wade is the brightest star in this year’s edition of the NBA All Star game in Dallas, Texas.

Playing in-front of a mammoth crowd of 108,713, which is a Guinness World record in attendance for a basketball game, Miami Heat superstar guard Dwayne “Flash” Wade showed the world is the brightest star in this year’s edition of the National Basketball Association All-Star game at the Dallas Cowboys stadium in Dallas, Texas.
wade successfully lead the East All Stars to a 141-139 victory against the West All Stars with his all around game and 28 points in the game which is now part of the colorful history of the NBA.
With his great performance, Wade was declared the Most Valuable Player in the game which gathered the top stars in the NBA today.
Aside from his scoring, Wade also added 11 assists and six rebounds to help his team get the win and grab the chance to be declared the MVP and join buddy Cleveland

Nba Jersey Sales Volume Tells Who’s The Super Star

Who is the most popular palyer in NBA?Yes,he wears the No. 24 jerseys of The Lakers – Kobe Bryant(basketball jerseys). Recently, the NBA Official announced the sales ranking list of NBA polo shirts in the first half of the sports competition season in 2009 to 2010. In statistics, Laker’s star Kobe Bryant, who has forcibly occupied the top of the list all the time since last season, is still staying high in the top of the list. This ranking is the result from the statistic of NBA official real and website stores, showing the popularity of the superstar player. Kobe’s Number 24 polo shirt has already sustained a sencond-year’s bestseller with a good market in NBA Union. Kobe has been selected in the All-star for eleven times in his career, thus showing him as the best player in the Union without doubt. 

Followed by Cleveland LeBron James and Magic center Dwight Howard. Noble are One of Highest Fashion Series In the Season of SpringSimilarly, wearing a

NBA Playoff Tickets ? Western Conference First Round Predictions

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Oklahoma City Thunder: My best guess to how this series unfolds is that the Thunder come out in game one and get rocked due to youthful jitters in their first playoff game.  I think they’ll steal Game 2 by outhustling the Lakers and will end up taking the series to six games.  It’s extremely difficult to see the Thunder actually pulling off the upset here, but I have to leave just a tiny bit of room for the possibility because of Kevin Durant.  He’s destined to go down as one of the most prolific scorers we’ve ever seen, and he’s 21.  If he puts up 40 in a few games, the Thunder could pull this thing off, but I don’t think he can do it.  Even Durant will be too pumped up for Game 1 and I don’t think the supporting cast is there yet.  It will be interesting to see how well Serge Ibaka can contain Pau Gasol, though.  Prediction: Los Angeles in Six.

(2) Dallas Mavericks vs. (7) San Antonio Spurs: I really like both of these

The Highs and Lows of the Detroit Pistons

Fred Zollner, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, founded the Detroit Pistons in the 1940′s. The team was originally named the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. Immediately, the Pistons entered into the National Basketball League (NBL), composed primarily of teams sponsored by corporations in the Midwest.

Led by Bobby McDermott, the team’s guard, the Pistons dominated the NBL and made it to the series championship the first year they competed. However, they lost to the Oshkosh All-Stars. Two years later they were defeated at the NBL Finals again, this time by the Seboygan Redskins, but by only a single point.

In 1944, they at last won their first championship title and they followed that up with another championship win in 1945. Three years later, the Pistons team transferred to the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and in 1949 the NBL and BAA joined to form the National Basketball Association or the NBA. The Pistons were the NBA’s premier squad.
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The History of the Seattle Supersonics

On December 20, 1966, Los Angeles businessmen Sam Schulman and Eugene V. Klein and a group of minority partners were awarded the NBA franchise for the city of Seattle. Schulman would serve as the active partner and head of team operations. Named the SuperSonics, they were Seattle’s first professional sports franchise. Beginning play in October of 1967, the SuperSonics were coached by Al Bianchi and featured All-Star guard Walt Hazzard and All-Rookie Team members Bob Rule and Al Tucker. The expansion team stumbled to a 23-59 record, and Hazzard was traded to the Atlanta Hawks before the start of the next season for future Hall-of-Famer Lenny Wilkens. Wilkens brought a strong all-around game to the SuperSonics, averaging 22.4 points per game, 8.2 assists per game, and 6.2 rebounds per game for Seattle in the 1968-69 season. Rule, meanwhile, improved on his rookie statistics with 24.0 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game. The SuperSonics, however, only won 30 games

NBA Playoff Tickets ? Top Five Developments in the Playoffs Thus Far

Every postseason, players come out of nowhere to have a tremendous impact and storylines develop from seemingly nowhere.  Here are five things we have been able to take away from the postseason so far.

5.  Jameer Nelson makes the Magic a different team.

The Magic reached the NBA Finals last year with Jameer Nelson still not being 100% following an injury earlier in the year.  This season, however, Nelson is healthy and has made the Magic a noticeably better team offensively.  Nelson is the top scorer for the Magic this postseason (as of May 16th) and one of the main reasons that Orlando was able to breeze through the first two rounds of the playoffs.  With his mid-range game and ability to take the ball to the rack, Nelson should be a good player for the Magic for a while and could even help them win a title this season.

4.  Deron Williams is an elite player.

Some have seen Williams coming for a while but this is the first

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Traveling to California

The “Golden State” of California has long been one of the most famous settlement spots in the United States.  After the gold rush of 1848, countless people from all over the world came rushing to this geographically diverse land in search of opportunity and prosperity, seldom went away disappointed.

With almost 100 million acres of land, California is the third largest state in the U.S., next only to Alaska and Texas.  It is nestled along the Pacific Ocean with a coastline of 1,264 miles stretching from the Oregon border in the north to the Mexican border in the south.  It is one of the most culturally diverse states in the country, with its citizens having varied ethnic backgrounds like Native American, African American, Hispanic, European, and Asian.  California climate is also one of the most diverse in the whole United States.  With four different climate zones, one could always find a region in California suitable for their taste.  

NBA: Prolific Scoring

There are many professional basketball players who have many different talents, and some teams have players who specialize in the defense and others that specialize in offense. Yet there is one player who can do it all. This talented NBA player is Kobe Bryant. He is probably the best player in the entire NBA. During one game, he scored a whopping eighty-one points. This caused him to score nearly 60 % of the total score for the Los Angeles Lakers, which is an astounding percentage. Some people feel that he is merely a ball hog, and sometimes he may actually be a ball-hog, but being one isn’t a negative thing. It’s actually a positive thing because he’s doing a great deal to help his team make it to the play-offs. One pro basketball player can’t possibly win a game by himself, so obviously the entire team has to contribute, and they definitely do.

Although Kobe Bryant is an awesome player, and has scored such high amounts per game, there is another

Houston Rockets – The Early Years

The Rockets, along with the Seattle SuperSonics, entered the NBA in 1967 as an expansion team based in San Diego. They selected Pat Riley with their first draft pick in 1967. They went on to produce a then-NBA record 67-loss season.

In 1968 the Rockets won the coin toss versus the Baltimore Bullets, giving them the first overall pick in the 1968 NBA Draft. They selected Elvin “the Big E” Hayes from the University of Houston. Hayes led the team to the franchise’s first ever playoff appearance in 1969. The Rockets lost in the Western divisional semi-final to the Atlanta Hawks two games to four in a best-of-seven series.

The 1970 NBA Draft brought Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich to the Rockets – both significant to the franchise after their playing careers were over.

Coached by Jack McMahon and Alex Hannum, the Rockets tallied a 119-209 record over their tenure in San Diego.

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