The “Utah Jazz” is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. They play in the NBA (National Basketball Association), a famous basketball league. 1974 the name of the team was “New Orleans Jazz” but after it moved 1979 to Utah, it’s called “Utah Jazz”. At the beginning of their career, they were one of the unsuccessful teams in the league until 1984. In this year, the team played the first time in the playoffs. (The playoff is a contest between the best teams of a league). After this success, they got in the playoffs every year till 2004. During the late 1980s, John Stockton and Karl Malone were very good players and went down in NBA history. 1988 Jerry Sloan got the trainer of the Utah Jazz. Since this year, the team was one of the best teams in the NBA. 1987 and 1988, they got in the final, but both years, they losed against the Chicago Bulls. 2003, John Stockton and Karl Malone changed to another team. After missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, the team needed a prominent player, so they bought “Deron Williams”. In the seasons 2010 –2011, the Jazz began a restructuring. Nowadays the “Utah Jazz “ is still a famous basketball team.
list of unknown words:
career - Karriere
unsuccessful - erfolglos
to go down in history - in die Geschichte eingehen
consecutive - folgende(n)
restructuring - Umstrukturierung
Utah Jazz
The “Utah Jazz” is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. They play in the NBA (National Basketball Association), a famous basketball league. 1974 the name of the team was “New Orleans Jazz” but after it moved 1979 to Utah, it’s called “Utah Jazz”. At the beginning of their career, they were one of the unsuccessful teams in the league until 1984. In this year, the team played the first time in the playoffs. (The playoff is a contest between the best teams of a league). After this success, they got in the playoffs every year till 2004. During the late 1980s, John Stockton and Karl Malone were very good players and went down in NBA history. 1988 Jerry Sloan got the trainer of the Utah Jazz. Since this year, the team was one of the best teams in the NBA. 1987 and 1988, they got in the final, but both years, they losed against the Chicago Bulls. 2003, John Stockton and Karl Malone changed to another team. After missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, the team needed a prominent player, so they bought “Deron Williams”. In the seasons 2010 –2011, the Jazz began a restructuring. Nowadays the “Utah Jazz “ is still a famous basketball team.
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list of unknown words:
career - Karriere
unsuccessful - erfolglos
to go down in history - in die Geschichte eingehen
consecutive - folgende(n)
restructuring - Umstrukturierung