Search Cheap NBA Tickets at SeatHoundcom The Live Event Ticket Search EngineNew to SeatHoundcom Register Now!Have an account Sign in Email Address Password Remember me Forgot your password Available Teams for NBA TicketsHome Select a Team to view TicketsAtlanta Hawks Tickets Boston Celtics Tickets Charlotte Bobcats Tickets Chicago Bulls Tickets Cleveland Cavaliers Tickets Dallas Mavericks Tickets Denver Nuggets Tickets Detroit Pistons Tickets Golden State Warriors Tickets Houston Rockets Tickets Indiana Pacers Tickets Los Angeles Clippers Tickets Los Angeles Lakers Tickets Memphis Grizzlies Tickets Miami Heat Tickets Milwaukee Bucks Tickets Minnesota Timberwolves Tickets New Jersey Nets Tickets New Orleans Hornets Tickets New York Knicks Tickets Oklahoma City Thunder Tickets Orlando Magic Tickets Philadelphia 76ers Tickets Phoenix Suns Tickets Portland Trail Blazers Tickets Sacramento Kings Tickets San Antonio Spurs Tickets Toronto Raptors Tickets Utah Jazz Tickets Washington Wizards Tickets Information about National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the five major professional sports leagues in North America The league is composed of thirty teams twentynine of them residing in the United States and the lone Canadian team based in Toronto The National Basketball Association is also the most recognized basketball league in the world Top international players from Asia Europe and the Americas continue their careers in the NBA making the league one of the most witnessed sports events around the world Its wide global reach has helped propel basketball as the fastest growing sport in the world Read More The league was founded in New York City on June 6 1946 Back then it was called the Basketball Association of America The league was one of the three competing professional basketball leagues in the United States before it merged with the rival National Basketball League During the 50s basketball was regarded as an indoor sport played during the cold winter months when people were taking a break from playing football or baseball The league was organized by owners of ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern United States During the early days the quality of competition in the league was nothing to write home about Teams like the Harlem Globetrotters American Basketball Leagues Baltimore Bullets and the 1948 NBL champion Minneapolis Lakers were considered better teams than any team in the BAAThe merger of the BAA and the NBL paved the way for the National Basketball Association The new league started with seventeen teams located in large and small market cities From seventeen teams the league cut teams until just eight teams were left in 1954 Known as the great eight these teams include the Knicks Celtics Warriors Lakers Kings Pistons Hawks and the 7...