NBA HISTORY, PART SECOND

The following year, the Sixers Moses Malone becomes the third time in four years the best rebounder and Gervin is again top scorer in the league. Lakers with the help of one of his star players Pat Riley, acquire title to the Sixers in a grand final. Philadelphia was the favorite team had won twelve of the last 13 games Moses Malone and Julius Erving were certainly a key to achieve these victories element, but through injury of two major players in the Sixers McAdoo and Worthy made sure to tip the scales to the Los Angeles Lakers who would stay with the title with result 4-2. Moses Malone was named MVP.

1983-84 season will again face the Celtics against the Lakers in an unforgettable ending. The Celtics would win the series 3 and 4 BIRD was coranado MVP. In 1985, the Lakers will have their revenge and conquer the championship six games. This victory puts an end to eight defeats Lakers in Finals against Boston. Other great moments of the season, arrivals were Akeem Olajuwon Houston and Michael Jordan to Chicago.

Chicago Stadium is already under the spell of his new player. Jordan finished averaging 28.2 points per game and was elected Rookie of the Year.

The following season 1985-86, Jordan would not see action a long time due to a foot injury. The Celtics acquired his sixteenth title with Larry Bird in the peak of his career. It will convert 24 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game in playoff. Dominique Wilkins aka "The Human Highlight Film" finished top scorer in the league with 30.3 points on average.

A classic big close 1986-87: Lakers against Celtics. Magic flies this time in the debates. And MVP of the regular season also gets the Finals MVP after averaging 26.2 points and 13 assists per game. But another player also gave much to talk about in the season. With 37.1 points on average Michael Jordan bagged the title of best scorer. Jordan next year again takes the title of best scorer with 35 points per game. But Chicago is eliminated in the conference semifinals against the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons may not however prevent a new title for the Lakers, his fifth in eight years. At the end of this season, player Julius Erving legend says goodbye to basketball after 22,000 points and hundreds of memorable dunks.

In 1989, the Lakers lost the final against the Pistons Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer and Dennis Rodman.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar uses his last moments on tabloncillo, and is honored after 20 seasons, 1815 games, 44 149 points and 6 championship rings.

In 1990, Detroit gets the bichampionship. Les "Bad Boys" as they were called impose their defensive style and acquire the Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers to Clyde Drexler, with a result of 4-1.

Next year in the NBA marks the beginning of a new era, the Chicago Bulls of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Expected for several seasons, success comes because in 1991 would get the title against the Los Angeles Lakers. Jordan to average 31 points in the finals and made 11 assists per game.

The Bulls led by Phil Jackson would win twice consecutively in 1992 against the Portland Trail Blazers and in 1993 against the Phoenix Suns for Charles Barkley who would you selected MVP of the season.

Meanwhile, in 1992, Larry Bird retired after the victory of the "Dream Team" at the Barcelona Olympics.

On October 6, 1993, the most adulated the world superstar, Michael Jordan, also leaves the decking. It will be launched without knowing baseball success. 1994 and 95 titles are acquired by Houston Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon. Hard against the New York Knicks (4-3), and more easily face the Orlando Magic (4-0), who had in their ranks Chamberlain and Shaquille O'Neal.

For the next year Jordan returns 17 games, before the end of the regular season and allow the Bulls enter the conference semifinals. In 1995 everyone wonders if Jordan could return back to his best. The response was immediate. Bulls Dennis Rodman acquired and recorded 72 victories, absolute record, erasing blemishes set by the Lakers in the 1971-72 season. Jordan keeps the title of the regular season MVP, NBA Finals MVP and MVP to Seattle All-Star Game, also finished as top scorer for the seventh time in his career.

This season also marks the expansion of the NBA outside American borders. Two franchises in Canada are created, in the cities of Toronto and Vancouver.

For the 50 years of the NBA, the Bulls acquire their fifth title by defeating the Utah Jazz in the end would end 4 to 2. materialize Bulls 69 wins so equaling the mark of the Lakers in 1972.

This year a memorial service is also organized with the 50 best players in NBA history

The 1997-98 season marks the second tri-championship Bulls again who defeated the Utah Jazz in the finals 4 to 2. The games were very closed, the Bulls always made the difference in the final moments of the match. Jordan retires from the court to the best of obtaining his sixth championship ring and establishing himself as the best of all time. Rodman and Pippen also leave the ranks of the team. The Kingdom of the Chicago Bulls had come to an end.

You start talking Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs who alongside veteran David Robinson lead the team to achieve the highest.

In 1998, the NBA comes to the most serious crisis in its history, the end of the league chooses an indefinite period. The reason? The owners want to reduce player salaries, but the union is opposed to this decision. A deal comes at the end of 1998 and the season could finally begin. Spurs is dominant and adquirieren the title to Knicks. Tim Duncan lived up duel and won the New York team offering Admiral David Robinson his first NBA title.

In 2000, a new era begins, the Lakers of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. Shaq is going to crush the season and will undoubtedly be chosen MVP. Phil Jackson's Lakers 4 imposed a 2 against the Indiana Pacers led by Larry Bird. That year, Wilt Chamberlain leaves us at 63 years of age and Charles Barkley takes his retirement.

The Lakers also gain the title in 2001 defeating in the end to the Sixers Allen Iverson, the MVP of the regular season. In the playoffs, Shaq and company would be invincible, they do not lose a single game playoff, and establish a brand, Shaq is again chosen MVP of the Finals.

2002 will be even Lakers to reach the triple championship. Despite the efforts of the Spurs, Mavericks and Nets, the Lakers are indestronables and win the final to New Jersey. Shaq is crowned for the third time Finals MVP. Tim Duncan takes the title of MVP of the regular season.

This year marks the return of Michael Jordan in Washington team but the Wizards fail in their attempt to qualify for the playoffs.

In 2002-03, the Spurs, Duncan, Tony Parker Robinson and acquire their second title in five years. Duncan achieved MVP of the regular season and Finals. The Spurs are imposed on New Jersey and David Robinson, MVP 1995 is honored and gets second title of champion.

John Stockton, best passer in the league history retires from basketball.

The 2003-04 season was to be the consecration for the Lakers. Arrivals from Karl Malone and Gary Payton to make the Lakers the unquestionable favorite of the season. After a chaotic season marked by multiple injuries, the Lakers reach the playoffs with the intention of acquiring a new title. Having eliminated Houston, San Antonio and finally to Minnesota, MVP Kevin Garnett in the conference finals, the Lakers opposes the Pistons in the final. Detroit players surprised everyone by winning the series 4 to 1 and is chosen Chauncey Billups Finals MVP. Fourteen years after the Bad Boys, Detroit is again champion of the NBA.

In the 2004-05 season, the San Antonio Spurs acquire their third title in seven years under the tutelage of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, beating the Pistons in the seventh and final game of the final series.

In 2005-06, the new generation led by Dwyane Wade and LeBron James takes control of the NBA. Detroit and San Antonio made two outstanding regular season, with sixty four sixty-three victories respectively. But in the playoffs, the Spurs lost the commitment against the Mavericks and the Pistons versus Heat unprecedented for a final between two teams that reached the first stage of the competition.

In the end, Dwyane Wade with Shaquille O'Neal dazzle the world for their level of play and offer the Miami their first NBA title. This season will be marked by extraordinary events, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, becomes 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in January, and becomes the second player in history to reach the barrier of eighty points in a game .

The next season will redo the Spurs, one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. With the magnificent trio Duncan - Ginobili - Parker, the Spurs acquire their third championship in five years. and Tony Parker became the first European player MVP of the Finals.

Europe was partying as the German Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas Mavericks to first place in the regular season establishing itself as a superstar in the league, but would be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against the Golden State Warriors in what will remain a of the biggest surprises from the creation of the league.

The 2006-07 season saw the consecration of LeBron James, who is expected to be the successor to Michael Jordan. LeBron led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the finals, to be the undisputed team leader

Other highlights were the four consecutive games Kobe Bryant more than fifty points and transfer of Allen Iverson to Denver.