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Zarum, Dave, 1986- author.

NBA 75 : the definitive history / Dave Zarum.

Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2020.

©2020

255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

"A 75-year history of the National Basketball Association."-- Provided by publisher.

Celebrate the NBA with stories that capture the association's larger-than-life players and jaw-dropping events. From 1946 to 2020, there are stories and archival images that cover the best dunks, shots, dribble drives, and cross-overs. And the retrospective doesn't shy away from controversy, covering the league's struggles with racial bigotry, Magic Johnson's HIV diagnosis, and the cocaine-fueled late seventies when the Finals were broadcast tape-delayed. A definitive guide to the history of the NBA. -- adapted from back cover

National Basketball Association -- History.

Basketball -- United States -- History.

NBA seventy-five

National Basketball Association 75

National Basketball Association seventy-five

Includes index.

"A Firefly book"--Copyright page.

Fridays with Jerry -- Tip-off -- Mr. Basketball -- Globetrotters 61, Lakers 59 -- The National Basketball Association -- Breaking the color barrier -- Twenty-four seconds -- Schayes and the city game -- The Russell dynasty -- Baylor goes for 71 -- Legends of Wilt -- The Big O -- Celtics vs. Lakers: Round 1 -- The strike -- The ABA: Basketball's wild west -- "Felton, this is Norman" -- The tormented Jerry West -- The battle for Lew Alcindor -- Is Willis Reed going to play? -- Pistol -- Dr. J -- 33 STR8 -- Streetball -- The dunk contest -- The merger -- The curse of Bill Walton -- Skywalker vs. Iceman -- The Bullets wear rings -- The NBA on the brink -- The Magic and Larry show -- Showtime Lakers -- The greatest draft -- Air Jordan takes off -- Bowie or bust -- The dream comes to America -- Celtics vs. Lakers: Round 2 -- Losing Len Bias -- Bad boys -- Magic and HIV -- Three-peat -- The dream team -- Shaq attack -- Jordan plays baseball -- The challengers to MJ -- Grant Hill -- The NBA comes to Canada -- The big ticket cashes in -- Repeat three-peat -- Space Jam -- NBA Inc. -- We got next -- Lockout -- The Kobe-Shaq Lakers -- MJ goes to Washington -- AI and the culture war -- Yao -- Malice at the palace -- The Spurs way -- The SSOL suns -- Dirk -- Kobe's 81 -- King James -- The ref gone rogue -- Save our Sonics -- Celtics vs. Lakers: Round 3 -- The decision -- Rose: The one-hit wonder -- OKC: The would-be champs -- Kawhi -- Curry and the Warriors -- LeBron comes back -- The restless superstar -- Analytics and the 3-point -- Revolution -- Giannis and the global game -- The NBA hype machine -- Role players.

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