2007–08 NBA season: Difference between revisions

2007-08 NBA season
2007-08 NBA season
League	National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 30, 2007-April 16, 2008
TV partner(s)	ABC, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV

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Revision as of 23:34, 20 November 2007

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]

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 will return 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, the Seattle Supersonics made their plans to move to Oklahoma City official.


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	LeBron James	Cleveland Cavaliers	29.2
Rebounds per game	Marcus Camby	Denver Nuggets	14.5
Assists per game	Chris Paul	New Orleans Hornets	10.8
Steals per game	Chris Paul	New Orleans Hornets	3.20
Blocks per game	Josh Smith	Atlanta Hawks	3.6
Field goal percentage	Andris Biedrins	Golden State Warriors	61.4%
Free throw percentage	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns	100%
Three-point field goal percentage	Jose Juan Barea	Dallas Mavericks	70%

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 | align="left" | [[Boston Celtics]] || 8 || 1 || 0.889 || -
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-| align="left" | [[Toronto Raptors]] || 5 || 5 || 0.005 || 3.5
+| align="left" | [[Toronto Raptors]] || 5 || 5 || 0.500 || 3.5
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 | align="left" | [[New Jersey Nets]] || 4 || 7 || 0.364 || 5.0