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The Maumee River ( pronounced ) ( Shawnee : Hotaawathiipi ) is a river ___MASK74___ from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie in the United States . It is formed at the confluence of the St . Joseph and St . Marys rivers , where Fort Wayne , Indiana has developed , and meanders northeastwardly for through an agricultural region of glacial moraines before flowing into the Maumee Bay of Lake Erie . Toledo , Ohio developed at the Maumee River ' s mouth . It was designated an Ohio State Scenic River on July 18 , 1974 . The Maumee watershed is Ohio  s breadbasket , two - thirds farmland , mostly corn and soybeans . The Maumee watershed is the largest of any of the rivers feeding the Great Lakes , and supplies 5 percent of Lake Erie  s water . The ___MASK38___ Association of America ( BAA ) was a professional ___MASK38___ league in North America , founded in 1946 . Following its third season , 1948  49 , the BAA and the National ___MASK38___ League ( NBL ) merged to create the National ___MASK38___ Association ( NBA ). The Detroit Pistons are an American professional ___MASK38___ team based in Auburn Hills , Michigan , a suburb of Detroit . The Pistons compete in the National ___MASK38___ Association ( NBA ) as a member club of the league ' s Eastern Conference Central Division . The team plays its home games at The Palace of Auburn Hills and was founded in Fort Wayne , Indiana as the Fort Wayne ( Zollner ) Pistons in 1941 , a member of the National ___MASK38___ League ( NBL ). The Pistons joined the ___MASK38___ Association of America ( BAA ) in 1948 . In 1949 , the NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA , and the Pistons became part of the merged league . Since moving to Detroit in 1957 , the Pistons have won three NBA championships in 1989 , 1990 and 2004 . Melvin Newbern ( born June 11 , 1967 ) is a former NBA player with the Detroit Pistons . He played in 33 games in the 1992 season for the team , averaging 3 . 6 points per game . Born in Toledo , Ohio , Newbern played collegiately for the Minnesota Golden Gophers . The National ___MASK38___ Association ( NBA ) is the predominant men ' s professional ___MASK38___ league in North America , and is widely considered to be the premier men ' s professional ___MASK38___ league in the world . It has 30 teams ( 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada ), and is an active member of USA ___MASK38___ ( USAB ), which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International ___MASK38___ Federation ) as the national governing body for ___MASK38___ in the United States . The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . NBA players are the world ' s best paid sportsmen , by average annual salary per player . A suburb is a residential area or a mixed use area , either existing as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . In most English - speaking regions , suburban areas are defined in contrast to central or inner city areas , but in Australian English and South African English , " suburb " has become largely synonymous with what is called a " neighborhood " in other countries and the term extends to inner city areas . In some areas , such as Australia , China , New Zealand , the ___MASK100___ , and a few U . S . states , new suburbs are routinely annexed by adjacent cities . In others , such as Arabia , Canada , France , and much of the United States , many suburbs remain separate municipalities or are governed as part of a larger local government area such as a county . The Palace of Auburn Hills , commonly referred to as The Palace , is a sports and entertainment venue in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills , Michigan . The arena opened in 1988 and is the home of the Detroit Pistons of the National ___MASK38___ Association ( NBA ). It was the home of the Detroit Shock of the Women ' s National ___MASK38___ Association ( WNBA ), the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League , the Detroit Safari of the Continental Indoor Soccer League , and the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League . ___MASK38___ is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr . James Naismith , who would be the first ___MASK38___ coach of the Kansas Jayhawks , one of the most successful programs in the game ' s history . Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County , Ohio , United States . Toledo is in northwest Ohio , at the western end of Lake Erie bordering the state of Michigan . The city was founded by United States citizens in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River , and originally incorporated as part of Monroe County , Michigan Territory . It was re - founded in 1837 , after conclusion of the Toledo War , when it was incorporated in Ohio . A county seat is an administrative center , seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is used in the United States , Canada , Romania , China and Taiwan . In the ___MASK100___ and Ireland , county towns have a similar function .