ThemosticonicmomentsandstoriesoftheNBA.InNBA75,sportswriterandbasketballsuperfanDaveZarumtellsthestoryoftheNBA,all75years--fromitsearlybarnstormingdaystothemulti-billion-dollarsportsleagueitistoday.Readersaretreatedtoallthebiggestmomentsandgreatestsuperstars,withover75storiesrangingfromJerryWest’s33-winstreakLakers,throughJordan’srepeatthree-peatBulls,toStephCurryandthe73-winWarriorsandbeyond.Butthisretrospectivedoesn’tshyawayfromtheleague’scontroversies,coveringitsstruggleswithracialbigotry,MagicJonson’sHIVdiagnosis,LenBias’stragicdraft-nightdeath,andtheleague’scocaine-fuelledlateseventieswhentheFinalswerebroadcasttape-delayed.EachstoryisfullyillustratedwithiconicphotosandaccompaniedbystatboxesandsidestoriesofsomeoftheAssociation’smorecuriousandoverlookedmoments.SomeoftheeventscoveredinNBA75:1946:ThefirstprofessionalbasketballgamebetweentheNewYorkKnicksandtheTorontoHuskies1969:ThelegendaryduelsbetweenWiltChamberlainandBillRussell1976:ThemergeroftheABAandNBA1980:ThearrivalofLarryBirdandMagicJohnson1993:AirJordanandhisBullsdynasty2006:KobeBryantscores81points2010:LeBronJamesmakeshisMiamidecision2016:StephCurryandtheWarriorsblowa3-1lead2020:TheCOVID-19stoppageinplayandtheBubble.NBA75isthedefinitiveguidetothehistoryoftheNBA--perfectforanyonewhowantstolearnmoreabouttheleaguetheyloveorsimplycatchuponwhatthey’vebeenmissing.
