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The 2007-08 NBA season is the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season (82 for each of the 30 teams) began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and will end on Wednesday, April 16, 2008. In total, there will be 1,230 games played between the 30 teams that make up the league. The NBA Playoffs will start on Saturday, April 19, 2008 and will run through mid-to-late June with the NBA Finals. The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 and Greg Oden was selected first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. However, he will miss the entire season due to knee surgery.[1]
[edit] Notable occurrences
- The NBA All-Star Game will be played at the New Orleans Arena, the home of the New Orleans Hornets, on February 17, 2008.
- The Hornets returned to New Orleans, Louisiana full-time, after splitting home games during the previous two seasons with New Orleans and Oklahoma City due to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
- The NBA extended its 6-year television contract with Time Warner's TNT and The Walt Disney Company's ABC and ESPN through 2016.
- Sacramento Kings small forward Ron Artest and Golden State Warriors shooting guard Stephen Jackson were suspended for the first seven games of the season.[2]
- The Orlando Magic got approvals in the last week of July for a new arena, which is expected to be ready for the 2010-11 season.[3]
- After spending 12 seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kevin Garnett was traded to the Boston Celtics, in what was the largest NBA trade for one player.
- On November 2, 2007, the Seattle SuperSonics made their plans to move to Oklahoma City official.[4]
- On December 23, 2007, Kobe Bryant became the youngest player to score 20,000 points at age 29 years, 122 days old, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain's previous record of 29 years, 134 days old.[5]
- On December 24, 2007, the Chicago Bulls fired head coach Scott Skiles after a 9-16 start. Jim Boylan was named the interim head coach for the remaining games in this season three days later.[6]
[edit] NBA standings
Standings as of January 4, 2008
[edit] Current NBA stats leaders
[edit] References
- ^ Top draft pick Greg Oden to miss rookie season with Trail Blazers, Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Jackson, Artest suspended following court pleas, ESPN.
- ^ Orlando OKs venues; big hurdle awaits
- ^ Associated Press. "Sonics tell NBA of intent to move SuperSonics to Oklahoma City", ESPN.com, 2007-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ "NBA: Kobe youngest to reach 20,000", NBA, December 23, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Sports People: Chicago Bulls fire coach Scott Skiles", Chicago Tribune, December 24, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-25.
2007-08 NBA season by team
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