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New Orleans Pelicans - Wikipedia  The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays their home games in the Smoothie King Center (formerly .... They lost to the Miami Heat in the first round of the 2004 playoffs.
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The Origins of All 30 NBA Team Names | Mental Floss  Oct 14, 2016 ... Here's the story behind the nicknames of all 30 teams. ... Before the 1977-78 season, the team returned to New Jersey but kept its nickname.
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1979: New Orleans basketball fans lose the Jazz to Utah | NOLA.com  Dec 22, 2011 ... New Orleans basket ball fans got the news that their NBA franchise was ... It was the second time New Orleans lost a pro basketball team, the ABA ... around the perimeter of the court to keep players from falling off the edge...
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Los Angeles Lakers (1960-Present) - The Sports E-Cyclopedia  Oct 22, 2002 ... Los Angeles Lakers Team History. ... In the playoffs the Lakers would get off to a shaky start losing their first two games to the San Francisco...
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NBA | SPORT CHANGE  Apr 1, 2013 ... The nickname is a play on 'D-League' and the franchise plays in the .... Place preference will go to cities that don't have an NBA team, but are certainly large enough to deserve a D-League .... -New Orleans Jazz still exist and Utah goes by Raptors .... New Orleans retains it's team, but the NBA takes notice.
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History of the New Orleans Saints - Wikipedia  The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team organized in 1967 and based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. This article details the history of the New Orleans Saints NFL football team. ... The city of New Orleans was awarded an NFL franchise on November 1, 1966, thanks to a combination of local...
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This Date In The NBA: April | NBA.com  Jul 17, 2015 ... Key dates in NBA history: ... The Bulls lost their next game to the Hornets 98-97 on April 8, 1996, ending ... The visiting Boston Celtics defeated the Orlando Magic 100-98, ... Utah's Karl Malone became the first NBA player to reach the ... in a 125-122 win over the Milwaukee Bucks at the Spectrum in Game 1...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Jan 19, 2011 ... At the 1992 Olympics, the U.S. Men's Basketball team was known by this rhyming name. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Fifth Generation.
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The 10 Shortest Players in NBA History - Sports Management ...  Jun 26, 2013 ... He was also a member of teams in Germany, Spain, Turkey, Russia and France. ... in the NBA, which was then known as the Basketball Association of America. .... Tyrone Muggsy Bogues got his nickname from neighborhood players when ... At 5'3, Bogues is the shortest player in the history of the NBA.
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Millennium Moments in Rockets History | THE OFFICIAL ... - NBA.com  Hakeem Olajuwon helps rename Houston "Clutch City" as the Rockets win two ... Day, Rockets fans got a sweet surprise when hometown hero Clyde Drexler was ..... (June 15, 1982) There was no suspense when the NBA announced its 1982...
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New Orleans Saints - Wikipedia  The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a ... They played their home games in Tulane Stadium through the 1974 NFL .... They would not finish as high as second in their division until 1979.
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Forgotten Franchise: The Vancouver Grizzlies' short NBA lifespan ...  Feb 17, 2016 ... Few memories remain from the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies experiment. ... The preseason game between the Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles...
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1979 NBA draft - Wikipedia  Magic Johnson was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Lakers. The 1979 NBA draft was the 33rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 25, 1979, before the 197980 season. In this draft, 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college ... Magic Johnson from Michigan State University, one of the "hardship" players,...
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Washington Wizards History - NBA.com  The final game of that series, a 96-95 loss on April 30, 1997, marked the end of an era. On May 15 the team officially became known as the Washington Wizards. ... Prior to the 1962-63 season the Packers changed their name to the Zephyrs, but they .... Now named the Washington Bullets, they took their sixth division title in...
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History of Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc.  FundingUniverse  1991: The team moves from Salt Palace to the new Delta Center. ... The Jazz players who opened the 1974-75 season were largely veterans selected ... The Jazz lost that first game, and when the team finally played its home opener on .... A year after the partial sale, Miller formed Jazz Basketball Investors, which acquired a...
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The History of Professional Basketball in San Diego, 1967-1972 ...  Jun 15, 2015 ... San Diego is the most stricken sports city, but nobody cries it a river because it's ... San Diego hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 1971, the Rockets' final ... In 1962, the franchise moved to San Francisco and became known as...
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San Diego Rockets (1967-1971) - The Sports E-Cyclopedia  May 3, 2003 ... Rockets was chosen in a contest due to San Diego's motto, "A City in ... NBA team when the Buffalo Braves moved to San Diego becoming the...
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History of the Houston Rockets - Wikipedia  The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. ... He also took the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, but they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics. .... The city's largest indoor arena was 34-year-old Sam Houston Coliseum, but the ...... "It's Just A Matter Of Time".
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New York Knicks - Wikipedia  The New York Knickerbockers, commonly referred to as the Knicks, are an American .... The "Knickerbocker" name comes from the pseudonym used by Washington Irving in .... Following these back-to-back losses, the Knicks made the playoffs in the ... allowing New York to capture the title that had eluded them for so long.
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San Diego Rockets (NBA) - Geni  The team was established as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego, California, in 1967. In 1971, the Rockets moved to...
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1980 NBA Finals - Wikipedia  The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 197980 NBA ... In the eight years between championships, the Lakers made the NBA Finals again in 1973 ... Thus they hired former player Billy Cunningham as head coach, and in 1978 the team traded for defensive stalwart Bobby ..... 1980s...