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Lake PublishingAnn Arbor,Michiganwww.cherrylakepublishing.com  \nContent Adviser:Liv Williams,Editor,www.iLivExtreme.com  \nReading Adviser:Marla Conn,MS,Ed.,Literacy specialist,Read-Ability,Inc.  \nPhoto Credits:OBrocreative/Shuterstock,cover,1;OEverett Historical/Shutterstock,5;OJoulyC/Shutterstock,6;CJerry Coli/Dreamstime,7,19;◎Vera larochkina/Dreamstime,8;OJohn Christian Fjellestad/Shutterstock,11◎zhangin_net/Shutterstock,13;⑥Alex Kravtsov/Shutterstock,14;ONoamfein/Dreamstime,17;OMartin Ellis/Dreamstime,20;◎Blackkango/Dreamstime,21;◎Wei Chuan Liu/Dreamstime,22;ORawpixel.com/Shutterstock,25;CEric Broder Van Dyke/Dreamstime,26;OBenkrut/Dreamstime,28  \nCopyright e2020 by Cherry Lake Publishing  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any meanswithout written permission from the publisher.  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nNames:Hellebuyck,Adam,author.|Deimel,Laura,author.  \nTitle:NBA Finals/written by Adam Hellebuyck and Laura Deimel.  \nDescription:Ann Arbor,Michigan:Cherry Lake Publishing,[2019]|Series:Global Citizens:Sports|  \nAudience:Grades 4 to 6|Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers:LCCN 2019004184|ISBN 9781534147485(hardcover)|ISBN 9781534150348(paperback)|ISBN 9781534148918(pdf)|ISBN 9781534151772(hosted ebook)  \nSubjects:LCSH:NBA Finals(Basketball)—Juvenile literature.|National Basketball Association—  \nJuvenile literature.|Basketball—Tournaments—-United States—Juvenile literature.Classification:LCC GV885.515.N37 H452019|DDC796.323/640973—dc23LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019004184  \nCherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning.Please visit www.p21.org for more information.  \nPrinted in the United States of AmericaCorporate Graphics  \n# ABOUT THE AUTHORS\n\nLaura Deimel is a fourth grade teacher and Adam Hellebuyck is a high school social studiesteacher at University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods,Michigan.They have workedtogether for the past 8 years and are thrilled they could combine two of their passions,readingand sports,into this work.  \n# TABLE OF CONTENTS\n\nCHAPTER 1  \nHistory: NBA Finals  \n……………4  \nCHAPTER 2  \nGeography: NBA Goes Global ……………………10  \nCHAPTER 3  \nCivics: Rules and Community  \n…………………………16  \nCHAPTER 4  \nEconomics: Expensive Seats  \n…24  \n………………30  \nTHINK ABOUT IT………  \nFOR MORE INFORMATION.  \n……………31  \n…………………32  \nGLOSSARY……  \nINDEX…………………  \n……………………………32  \n# History:NBA Finals\n\nWhich basketball team is the best in North America?TheNational Basketball Association(NBA)figures this out everyyear by holding a tournament with the top 16 teams in the league.The best teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences areinvited to compete against each other to determine the NBAchampion for the year.The ultimate set of games between thetwo conference champions is called the NBA Finals.  \nThe NBA used to be called 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