The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has thirty franchised member clubs (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB),^[1] which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.^[2]
The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).^[3] The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after absorbing the rival National Basketball League (NBL). The league's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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The 2010 NBA Finals was the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship series for the 2009–10 season. The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Los Angeles Lakers, champions of the Western Conference and defending NBA champions, and the Boston Celtics, champions of the Eastern Conference. The Lakers defeated the Celtics, four games to three, to win the franchise's 16th NBA championship. The 64th^[1] edition of the championship series was played between June 3 and June 17, was broadcast on ABC, and was watched by an average of 18.1 million people.^[2]

Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kobe Bryant	31	73	73	2835	716	1569	.456	99	301	.329	439	541	.811	78	313	391	365	113	20	233	187	1970
2	Pau Gasol	29	65	65	2403	452	844	.536	0	5	.000	286	362	.790	243	491	734	218	37	113	143	152	1190
3	Andrew Bynum	22	65	65	1977	392	688	.570	0	1	.000	193	261	.739	177	364	541	68	35	94	115	193	977
4	Lamar Odom	30	82	38	2585	342	739	.463	58	182	.319	140	202	.693	184	618	802	267	75	59	150	227	882
5	Metta World Peace	30	77	77	2605	306	740	.414	105	296	.355	128	186	.688	99	232	331	234	106	21	121	165	845
6	Shannon Brown	24	82	7	1700	253	592	.427	62	189	.328	99	121	.818	30	153	183	108	57	31	67	129	667
7	Derek Fisher	35	82	82	2227	212	558	.380	78	224	.348	113	132	.856	25	145	170	201	90	9	78	202	615
8	Jordan Farmar	23	82	0	1474	224	515	.435	86	229	.376	57	85	.671	14	117	131	127	52	11	72	109	591
9	Sasha Vujacic	25	67	1	575	66	164	.402	25	81	.309	28	33	.848	25	54	79	41	20	4	17	67	185
10	Josh Powell	27	63	0	581	71	194	.366	7	16	.438	20	31	.645	44	72	116	35	9	6	33	71	169
11	Didier Ilunga-Mbenga	29	49	2	355	48	103	.466	0	0		9	19	.474	32	55	87	8	5	29	15	54	105
12	Adam Morrison	25	31	0	241	32	85	.376	5	21	.238	5	8	.625	10	22	32	18	3	2	10	17	74
13	Luke Walton	29	29	0	272	30	84	.357	7	17	.412	2	4	.500	12	26	38	40	10	1	12	19	69

Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Paul Pierce	33	80	80	2774	507	1021	.497	111	297	.374	386	449	.860	34	396	430	260	80	51	171	231	1511
2	Ray Allen	35	80	80	2890	480	978	.491	168	378	.444	193	219	.881	51	223	274	219	77	16	117	147	1321
3	Kevin Garnett	34	71	71	2220	434	822	.528	1	5	.200	187	217	.862	83	548	631	171	95	57	115	148	1056
4	Glen Davis	25	78	13	2298	359	801	.448	2	15	.133	195	265	.736	101	324	425	92	78	30	85	231	915
5	Rajon Rondo	24	68	68	2527	318	670	.475	10	43	.233	75	132	.568	87	210	297	760	153	11	234	120	721
6	Nate Robinson	26	55	11	983	146	361	.404	63	192	.328	33	40	.825	15	74	89	105	29	4	66	107	388
7	Shaquille O'Neal	38	37	36	752	134	201	.667	0	0		73	131	.557	48	130	178	26	16	42	56	120	341
8	Marquis Daniels	30	49	0	938	114	232	.491	4	21	.190	39	57	.684	24	89	113	64	39	22	38	63	271
9	Jeff Green	24	26	2	612	98	202	.485	8	27	.296	50	63	.794	16	70	86	19	13	16	23	68	254
10	Nenad Krstic	27	24	20	553	79	147	.537	0	0		60	80	.750	47	81	128	8	8	8	23	77	218
11	Von Wafer	25	58	2	553	67	159	.421	18	67	.269	32	38	.842	7	42	49	35	18	5	20	39	184
12	Semih Erden	24	37	7	531	58	97	.598	0	0		34	54	.630	31	76	107	19	13	21	32	92	150
13	Delonte West	27	24	2	453	55	120	.458	12	33	.364	13	15	.867	6	31	37	64	20	10	30	29	135
14	Jermaine O'Neal	32	24	10	431	50	109	.459	0	1	.000	29	43	.674	25	63	88	12	2	30	27	65	129
15	Kendrick Perkins	26	12	7	313	32	59	.542	0	0		23	40	.575	23	74	97	10	2	10	25	37	87
16	Luke Harangody	23	28	0	241	28	71	.394	2	10	.200	5	8	.625	17	38	55	10	4	7	5	36	63
17	Avery Bradley	20	31	0	162	23	67	.343	0	5	.000	6	12	.500	4	13	17	12	9	0	16	20	52
18	Troy Murphy	30	17	0	178	16	38	.421	1	10	.100	11	13	.846	11	27	38	6	8	1	7	19	44
19	Carlos Arroyo	31	15	1	190	11	35	.314	3	5	.600	11	12	.917	7	16	23	25	7	0	17	11	36
20	Sasha Pavlovic	27	17	0	149	12	26	.462	5	10	.500	2	5	.400	1	13	14	3	5	0	6	15	31
21	Chris Johnson	25	4	0	32	2	3	.667	0	0		2	2	1.000	1	4	5	1	0	3	2	3	6