Philadelphia 76ers: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Philadelphia 76ers are a National Basketball Association team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Founded: 1946-47 Syracuse Nationals in National Basketball League, joined the National Basketball Association in 1949-50.

Formerly known as: Syracuse Nationals 1946-1963

Home Arena: Wachovia Center

Uniform colors: Navy blue, Gold, Red, and Sky blue

Logo design: The word "76ERS", with a basketball streaming out of a star behind the logo

NBA Championships: 1954-55 (Syracuse), 1966-67, 1982-83

Franchise history

The Syracuse Nationals started in the NBL in the 1946-47 season. In 1949, the Nationals bailed out of the doomed NBL to join the BAA, or the NBA as it would be known from then on. They won an NBA title in the 1955-56 season.

The Nationals moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1963, the year after the Warriors had left. Their name changed to the "76ers." The Sixers won two NBA titles in Philadelphia, those being in the 1966-67 season and the more noteworthy 1982-83 season, in which they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, who had defeated them the season before.

The 76ers lost to the Lakers in the 1999-2000 NBA Finals.

Basketball Hall of Famers