| | NBA :: NBA Legends to Launch 2005 Destination Finals Tour in Grand Style With Parade Down New York City's Fifth Avenue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The 2005 NBA Playoffs tip off Saturday, April 23 with games on ABC (3pm ET), ESPN (5:30pm ET, 8pm ET and 10:30pm ET) and a triple header on Sunday April 24 on TNT (beginning at 5:30pm ET). |
 | | As part of Destination Finals, NBA legends will showcase this year's Larry O'Brien trophy in NBA Playoff cities and various non-Playoff NBA cities for fan autograph and photo sessions, hospital visits and reading events, at NBA Playoff games. |
 | | The NBA championship trophy was renamed the Larry O'Brien Trophy in 1984 in honor of Commissioner Larry O'Brien who served the league from 1975-84. |
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