DateRHjemme v Ude-
03/02 00:00 3 Soles Mexicali v Fuerza Regia 93-79
03/01 02:30 3 Soles Mexicali v Fuerza Regia 83-78
03/01 01:00 3 Halcones de Xalapa v Huracanes de Tampico 110-83
02/22 02:30 - Panteras Aguascalientes v Halcones de Xalapa 75-101
02/20 02:00 - Fuerza Regia v Soles Mexicali 91-98
02/15 02:30 - Barreteros v Panteras Aguascalientes 73-83
02/15 01:00 - Halcones de Xalapa v Correcaminos 75-64
02/13 02:30 - Soles Mexicali v Abejas 92-84
02/10 02:00 - Fuerza Regia v Halcones de Xalapa 114-111
02/08 01:45 38 Huracanes de Tampico v Barreteros 99-70
02/08 01:00 - Correcaminos v Panteras Aguascalientes 89-74
02/06 02:00 - Correcaminos v Barreteros 82-63
02/06 01:45 9 Huracanes de Tampico v Panteras Aguascalientes 83-64
02/05 01:45 37 Huracanes de Tampico v Panteras Aguascalientes 76-85
02/01 02:30 - Barreteros v Fuerza Regia 98-104
01/30 02:30 - Panteras Aguascalientes v Fuerza Regia 87-86
01/25 22:00 - Fuerza Regia v Correcaminos 90-86
01/25 02:30 - Soles Mexicali v Halcones de Xalapa 81-67
01/25 02:15 - Abejas v Barreteros 88-72
01/24 02:00 33 Fuerza Regia v Huracanes de Tampico 78-81
01/23 02:15 - Abejas v Panteras Aguascalientes 95-71
01/18 02:30 - Barreteros v Soles Mexicali 80-96
01/18 01:00 - Correcaminos v Abejas 87-90
01/16 02:30 - Panteras Aguascalientes v Soles Mexicali 76-73
01/16 01:45 31 Huracanes de Tampico v Abejas 72-95
01/11 02:30 - Soles Mexicali v Correcaminos 91-64
01/09 02:30 29 Soles Mexicali v Huracanes de Tampico 83-72
01/09 02:15 - Abejas v Fuerza Regia 107-100
01/06 02:30 - Soles Mexicali v Fuerza Regia 90-88
12/30 02:30 - Panteras Aguascalientes v Barreteros 94-83

The National Professional Basketball League (Spanish: Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional or LNBP), officially known as the Liga Caliente LNBP for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams.

Famous basketball players who have played in the league include Jamario Moon, Dennis Rodman, Sun Mingming, Horacio Llamas and many others.

History

Foundation

In January 2000, some teams of CIMEBA (Circuito Mexicano de Básquetbol), the national basketball league in Mexico at the time, exited the league, citing CIMEBA's financial difficulties, and decided to form a new league. On March 11, 2000 the league was founded in the city of Durango with 11 teams participating. These were the founding teams, with the respective city and state:

  • Algodoneros de la Comarca (Torreón, Coahuila)
  • Correcaminos Matamoros de la UAT (Matamoros, Tamaulipas)
  • Correcaminos Reynosa de la UAT (Reynosa, Tamaulipas)
  • Correcaminos Tampico de la UAT (Tampico, Tamaulipas)
  • Correcaminos Victoria de la UAT (Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas)
  • Dorados de Chiuhuahua (Chihuahua, Chihuahua)
  • Garzas de Plata de la UAEH (Pachuca, Hidalgo)
  • Indios de la UACJ (Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua)
  • La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal (Mexico City, Distrito Federal)
  • Osos de Saltillo (Saltillo, Coahuila)
  • Vaqueros de Agua Prieta (Agua Prieta, Sonora)

The first president was Modesto Robledo. The LNBP set out to support and develop professional basketball in Mexico. The first edition of the league started on August 7, 2000 and finished in December, with the regular season finishing on November 11 and the playoffs starting on November 14. The first game was played in Torreón between Algodoneros de Torreón and Dorados de Chihuahua at the Auditorio Municipal: Dorados won, 80–78. The league coexisted in its first seasons with CIMEBA.

Mexico - LNBP

Den nationale basketballliga i Mexico (Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional) er den professionelle basketballliga i Mexico. Ligaen blev grundlagt i 2000 og består af 12 hold. Ligaens grundserie spilles fra september til april, og de otte bedste hold går videre til slutspillet. Slutspillet afgøres i en serie af bedst af fem kampe.

LNBP er en af de stærkeste basketballligaer i Latinamerika. Ligaen har produceret flere spillere, der har spillet i NBA, herunder Gustavo Ayón, Jorge Gutiérrez og Juan Toscano-Anderson.

Nogle af de mest succesfulde hold i LNBP-historien er Fuerza Regia, Capitanes de Ciudad de México og Soles de Mexicali. Fuerza Regia har vundet ligaen otte gange, mens Capitanes de Ciudad de México og Soles de Mexicali har vundet den fire gange hver.

LNBP er en populær liga i Mexico, og kampene tiltrækker ofte store tilskuermængder. Ligaen er også populær blandt tv-seere, og kampene sendes på flere nationale tv-kanaler.