This is the 560th most frequent Slovenian word.
nba
"NBA" in Slovenian refers to the National Basketball Association, the professional basketball league in North America.
Here, 'NBA' refers to the global professional basketball league, being used as a proper noun to specify an event.
Nikoli nismo bili tako navdušeni nad tekmo NBA.
We have never been so excited about an NBA game.
In this sentence, 'NBA' specifies the league whose championship is being discussed, further specifying the context of the proper noun.
Sprašujem se, kdo bo letos osvojil naslov NBA.
I wonder who will win the NBA title this year.
Here, 'NBA' is used to describe the type of games being watched, as a label for the league broadcasting the games.