The Sioux Falls Skyforce is a professional basketball team that plays in the NBA Development League. They are based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The team plays at the Sioux Falls Arena. The Skyforce began in the CBA in 1989. They participated in four CBA championship finals, winning the championship trophy in 1996 (defeating the Fort Wayne Fury, four games to one) and 2005 (defeating the Rockford Lightning three games to one).
The Skyforce have also hosted the CBA All-Star Game three times; in 1996, 2000 and 2003.
In 2006, the Skyforce became a part of the NBA's D-League. In their first two seasons in the D-League, they were playoff contenders. Ever since then they have only made the postseason once resulting in a 2-1 series loss to the Tulsa 66ers in the first round of the 2009 NBA D-League Playoffs.
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