The NBA (National Basketball Association) is a men's professional basketball league in North America, consisting of 30 teams, 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The league was founded in 1946 and is widely considered to be the premier professional basketball league in the world.
The NBA regular season typically runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. The top eight teams from each conference (Eastern and Western) then qualify for the playoffs, which are held from April to June and culminate in the NBA Finals, where the Eastern Conference champion faces the Western Conference champion in a best-of-seven series.
Some of the most popular NBA teams include the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, and Miami Heat. The league's most valuable player award, the NBA MVP, is one of the most prestigious individual awards in professional basketball
In the NBA, a player will foul out of the game once they accumulate six personal fouls. This means that after a player commits their sixth personal foul, they must leave the game and cannot return, and their team will be required to play the remainder of the game without them.