MY LATEST VIDEOS What does “Clinched Division” mean in the NBA? The Southwest Division originally consisted of 5 teams The Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs. The Southwest Division was formed in 2004 when the NBA expanded to its current 30 teams. The Division system has been around since the inception of the NBA in the 1940’s. The latter 2 were the latest to join the division after relocating from other cities. They compete in the Western Conference of the NBA. In the Southwest Division, there are the Houston Rockets, the San Antonio Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks, the Memphis Grizzlies and the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pacific Division was formed in 1970 originally consisting of The LA Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego Rockets, San Francisco Warriors and The Seattle SuperSonics. They compete in the Western Conference of the NBA. The Pacific Division contains the following 5 teams: the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Golden State Warriors, the Sacramento Kings and the Phoenix Suns. The Northwest Division was formed in 2004 originally consisting of 5 teams Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Seattle Supersonics, Portland Trail Blazers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the Northwest Division, we can witness the following teams: the Utah Jazz, the Denver Nuggets, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Let’s review each of them and the teams that are playing against each other.Īs we have talked about the Eastern Conference, now we should move to its counterpart out West where the 3 divisions are: The Eastern Conference is divided into 3 divisions that are: The remaining 30 games are played against the teams from the opposing NBA Conference, Home & Road vs each of the 15 teams.Īn NBA teams schedule is composed of the following games: They will then play against the remaining 10 teams from their conference wither 3 or 4 times. This totals just 16 of their total 82 game schedule. NBA teams will play teams from their own Division 4 times each, 2 road and 2 home. The purpose of NBA Divisions is to group teams geographically, due to the shear size of the territory the NBA covers. In this article, we will talk more about each NBA Division and how they formed. We have put together this article into video format below. Winning a particular division is not as massively celebrated as winning a specific conference, but it is always motivating to beat other, “local” teams and clinch the first available title of the season. For ease of reference we have put all the NBA Teams and their respective NBA Divisions and NBA Conferences in a table below: NBA Team
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