NBA

1. National Basketball Association.

2. Also N.B.A. National Book Award.

3. National Boxing Association.

NBA

abbreviation

1. (in the US) National Basketball Association

2. (the former) Net Book Agreement

Example Sentences

Dallas 18-year-old rookie Cooper Flagg, this year's top NBA Draft pick, scored 21 points while PJ Washington added 21 and Daniel Gafford had 20 in the Mavericks' 138-133 overtime home win over Portland.

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The Wizards slid to 1-12, matching Indiana for the NBA's worst record with an 11th loss in a row.

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With Victor Wembanyama out and Stephon Castle lost to a hip injury, the San Antonio Spurs still managed to cruise past Sacramento 123-110 in the NBA on Sunday.

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The NBA, MLB, and NFL have all worked with betting companies to reduce the number of “prop bets”—wagers placed not on the outcome of a game but on a specific statistic within it—being offered, or to limit the amount of money that a bettor can place on such a wager.

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Terry Rozier and Jontay Porter, two NBA players swept up in a federal investigation, allegedly tipped off conspirators to bet the “unders” on their personal stats—and then removed themselves early from those games.

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