But first we go to a sports bar in Washington for the final game of this year's National Basketball Association championship.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

After high school, the Cleveland Cavaliers chose LeBron James with the first pick in the two thousand three National Basketball Association draft.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

On June fourteenth, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the National Basketball Association championship.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

But the seventeen-year-old decided not to go to college but instead play for the National Basketball Association.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

In the National Basketball Association, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat for the NBA championship.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

Unlike Major League Baseball,salaries in the National Basketball Association and some other leagues are capped.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Kobe Bryant began his career in the National Basketball Association in nineteen ninety-six.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

Jordan became one of the highest scoring players in the National Basketball Association.

VOA: special.2011.03.11

Manute Bol played ten years in the National Basketball Association.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

In National Basketball Association play, the Los Angeles Lakers captured their 15th title in 2009, beating the Orlando Magic in the best-of-seven finals in five games.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

He helped lead the ABA's New York Nets to two league championships, and later played for the San Diego Clippers and the Kansas City Kings, and the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Forward LeBron James, built his reputation as one of the top players in the National Basketball Association playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers - the team that first drafted him in 2003 and one that is close to his hometown of Akron,Ohio.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

She is the first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division One coach in men's or women's basketball to win one thousand games.

VOA: special.2009.03.20