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1. Golden State Warriors -- Nba Basketball
   The Golden State Warriors were an original charter member of the National Basketball Association in 1946 (as the Philadelphia Warriors). The team moved to the Bay Area prior to the 1962-63 season and captured the NBA title in 1975, when Hall-of-Famer Rick Barry and Coach Al Attles led the team to a stunning upset of the Washington Bullets in the Championship Series. In recent years, the Warriors have solidified their stand as one of the Bay Area's prime attractions, having established all-time single-season attendance records at ORACLE Arena four of the last five seasons. The team, its ownership, players and staff are ... committed to making a difference throughout the entire Bay Area community by providing programs and activities that promote self-esteem, respect, integrity, teamwork and excellence.
2. Basketball -- Basketball Association
   The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a 10-team rival league to the NBA that began play in the 1967-68 season and folded nine years later after the 1975-76 season. Four current NBA teams – Indiana, Denver, New York, and San Antonio – originated in the ABA.
3. Backyard Basketball
   Backyard Basketball was the first game in the Backyard Basketball series of games aimed at recreating the experience of playing basketball as children. The Windows and Macintosh releases did not have a license from the NBA, but featured Kevin Garnett and Lisa Leslie. Subsequent versions of the game did feature an NBA license and NBA players portrayed as children. The Windows and Macintosh versions used the SCUMM scripting language. The other versions used a custom 3D engine.
4. Milwaukee Bucks -- Nba Finals
   The Milwaukee Bucks won an NBA title just three years into their existence in 1971. Winning seasons became a tradition for the franchise after that, and the Bucks found themselves selling NBA tickets to playoff games in every season of the 1980s. The Bucks hit hard times in the mid '90s, but found the postseason again at the beginning of this decade.
5. Toronto Raptors -- Nba Draft
   The Toronto Raptors are trying to recover from another devastating season, after going 27-55 for the year. The Raptors future looks great, after drafting big man, Andrea Bargnani with the first pick of the 2006 NBA Draft. Andrea Bargnani looks very promising, and is a player who resembles Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks. The Raptors ... have a new GM this year with a great track record, Bryan Colangelo, who put together the explosive Phoenix Suns. The Raptors have also acquired pass-first TJ Ford, who should definitely complement Chris Bosh.
6. Backyard Basketball -- Games
   Backyard Basketball is a whimsical approach to NBA basketball using pint-sized characters modeled after professional players. The 3D game offers ten backyard teams with an extensive roster of athletes in child form including such players as LeBron James, Stephon Marbury, Shaquille O'Neal, Paul Pierce, Lamar Odom, Allen Iverson, Dwayne Wade, and more. Each team features customizable logos, players, fields, and uniforms.
7. Backyard Basketball -- Kids
   Kids will enjoy two titles from the Backyard series. Backyard Basketball is kid-friendly basketball action for the first time in this release. Young versions of NBA and WNBA superstars like Kevin Garnett and Lisa Leslie join the neighborhood kid characters for full-fledged, full court b-ball. The computer AI is designed to offer a suitable challenge to players of various skill levels and a practice mode helps even the least experienced gamers learn the interface quickly. Backyard Hockey 2005 is presented in 3D where gamers play light-hearted hockey as one of the "Backyard Kids" characters or as a "kid version" of an actual pro athlete featuring 30 NHL teams, and playable kid versions of real-life all-stars Martin Brodeur, Roman Cechmanek, Marian Gaborik, Ilya Kovalchuck, Paul Kariya, Brian Leetch, Nicklas Lidstrom, Mike Modano, Mats Sundin, and Joe Thornton.
8. Rebecca Lobo -- Basketball
   Mr. President, beyond Rebecca Lobo's athletic and academic accomplishments lies her ability and willingness to reach out to her numerous fans and admirers. Along with her teammates, Rebecca made it a point to chat with fans and sign autographs for an hour after each game. Despite being overwhelmed by letters, she has devoted hours of her time to personally answering each and every piece of correspondence she has received, and she has been a regular at summer basketball camps and clinics, where she has patiently worked with aspiring basketball stars of all ages.
9. College Basketball -- March Madness
   ATLANTA, March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- College basketball fans can vote for Kansas senior forward Wayne Simien for the recipient of the Naismith Trophy presented by Cingular Wireless, given annually to the men's and women's players of the year in college basketball. Simien, Utah center Andrew Bogut, Wake Forest guard Chris Paul, and Duke guard J.J. Redick were announced as the four men's finalists for the Trophy by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Sunday.
10. Michael Jordan -- Basketball
    Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete to have ever picked up a basketball. Yet, there are many Boston fans who claim that Larry Bird is a better athlete than Jordan. Who's right? Here's an opinion.

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