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The NBA originated in 1946 with 11 teams, and through a sequence of team expansions, reductions and relocations consists of 30 teams – 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The current league organization divides 30 teams into two 15-team conferences [155] of three divisions with five teams each.
The Atlantic Division is one of the three divisions in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The division consists of five teams, the Boston Celtics, the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Toronto Raptors. All teams, except the Raptors, are located on the East Coast of the United ...
The Central Division is one of the three divisions in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The division consists of five teams, the Chicago Bulls , the Cleveland Cavaliers , the Detroit Pistons , the Indiana Pacers , and the Milwaukee Bucks .
Given that the NBA schedule is closing in on 30 games played for each team, it's fair to conclude that most organizations are well aware of where they are, competitively speaking.
The BAA merged with the NBL to form the NBA. The BAA teams from the Western Division were moved to a newly created Central Division. The Anderson Packers, Denver Nuggets, Sheboygan Red Skins, Syracuse Nationals, Tri-Cities Blackhawks, and Waterloo Hawks joined from the NBL.
Each league is divided into the Eastern (AL, NL), Central (AL, NL), and Western (AL, NL) divisions, with all six divisions having 5 teams each. Each league produces six teams for postseason play , with each division winner also guaranteed one of the top three seeds, even if their record is lower than the league's top wild card teams .
The league currently consists of thirty teams, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada. Each team plays 82 games in the regular season. Eight teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs. The winners of the Conference finals advance to the finals to determine the NBA champions.
Both conferences consist of 15 teams organized into three divisions. The Western Conference comprises the Northwest , Pacific , and Southwest Divisions. The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004–05 season , when the now Charlotte Hornets began play as the NBA's 30th franchise.