What are the eastern NBA teams?

Miami Heat (1): Founded in 1988, the team is located in Miami, Florida, where the seasons are warm and pleasant, so the "Heat" was selected from the shortlist of many team names, which not only shows the climate conditions in Miami, but also hopes that the team can have a prosperous future.

2 the art of names-the origin of the names of 30 NBA teams

2. Detroit Pistons: 1948 When he joined the NBA, his base camp was in Ford Wynn. His boss is engaged in piston manufacturing, and "piston" became the team name. 1957, the team still uses this name after moving to Detroit.

3. Boston Celtics: 1946, 1 1 Ice hockey bosses discussed the establishment of a new basketball league, so BAA came into being, and the Celtics were one of the original 1 1 teams. Because there are many Irish immigrants in Boston, many of them are Celts, so the name of the team was called "the original Celtic team" when it was first built, and later it was simplified to "Celtic team".

4. Cleveland Cavaliers: 1970 joined the league. When Cleveland appointed a new professional basketball team, it voted locally. As a result, more than one-third of the 6000 votes were "knights".

5. Washington Wizards: 196 1 Join the NBA. When the team's base camp was still in Baltimore, the team was called the "bullet team" because Baltimore's arms industry was very developed. After the team moved to Washington, they continued to use the name "bullet" because it was violent. It was not until 1997- 1998 that it was changed to "wizards", and some people called it "wizards".

6. Orlando Magic: The Magic Team is one of the new forces in the NBA. It just joined the NBA on 1989. Because Disneyland is a big entertainment place in Orlando, and "Come to magic" is Orlando's favorite saying, so the magic team got its name.

7. Chicago Bulls: 1966 joined the NBA. Because of Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls is definitely the most famous NBA team in the world. Animal husbandry in Chicago is very developed. The city's professional football team and professional baseball team each have teams named after animals, so "Bull" became the team name of Chicago professional basketball team.

8. Philadelphia 76ers: As an old-fashioned team in the NBA, the Philadelphia 76ers did not set its home in Philadelphia at the beginning of its construction, nor named it the 76ers, but had a very patriotic name-Syracuse National Team. With the merger of NBL (National Basketball Association of America) and ABB (American Basketball Association), the Syracuse national team formed by 1937 joined the NBA on 1949, and 1963 moved to Philadelphia, which was later changed to "76ers" because Philadelphia was the place where 1776 declared its independence.

9. Indiana Pacers: There are also Indiana Pacers. 1976 joined the NBA. The English name of Pacers is "Pacers", which sounds similar to "Pace car". Pace car is the leading car in "Indiana 500" (one of the world-famous racing events with the same name as F 1), but its popularity has not made it famous. The team is named after "Pacers" and naturally wants to be famous by the popularity of "Indiana 500".

10, New Jersey Nets: Nets 1976 joined the NBA. "Nets" means "Nets" and is one of the indispensable elements in basketball. The reason why the Nets take this name is because it is related to basketball. On the other hand, this is because there were baseball team METS and football team JETS in new york long before the establishment of the New Jersey Nets. At that time, the two teams were full-fledged, and the Nets played the homophonic Nets of these two teams, in fact, they wanted to touch its light.

1 1, Milwaukee Bucks: 1968 joined the NBA. Like many teams that don't know what animal names to name their teams, Milwaukee hesitated to name their teams, and finally included "Skunks" and "Beavers".

12, new york Knicks: 1946 After joining the NBA, the correct name is Knicks, because there are a large number of Dutch immigrants in new york, and the Dutch like to wear loose and fat bloomers. "Knicks" is just a transliteration of the word "bloomers".

13, Toronto Raptors: Raptors were born in 1995. At that time, as part of the NBA overseas expansion plan, the home team was located in Toronto, Canada, and the team name was also collected. Finally, the fierce, fast and bouncing "dragon" was selected.

14, Charlotte Bobcat: "Bobcat", a wild animal in the mountains of North Carolina, is alert and good at catching prey, and has all the habits of a cat. The Bobcats joined the NBA in 2004.

15, Atlanta Hawks: Formerly known as "Tri-City Black Hawks", it borrowed the name of Chief "Black Hawks". 195 1 After moving to Milwaukee, it was renamed "Eagles". 1955 moved to St. Louis, 1968 moved to Atlanta and still used the name "Eagles". Time to join the NBA: 1949.