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Intradivisional rivalries comprise games between opponents in the same division. Since the 2004–05 NBA season, there are 30 teams in six divisions of 5 teams each. Each team plays each division opponent 4 times during the regular season (twice at home, twice away) for a total of 16 games out of 82 total regular season games.
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The I-5 rivalry was a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle SuperSonics. [2] [1] The two Pacific Northwest cities are 180 miles (290 km) apart and connected by Interstate 5. [1]
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The Suns would proceed to win the Western Conference championship and face the Chicago Bulls in the 1993 NBA Finals. Three years later the two rivals met again. The Spurs finished that year with a record of 59–23, the Midwest Division title, and the second seed in the Western Conference. The Suns, in contrast, just made the playoffs with a 41 ...
While battling in the Southeast Division, Orlando and Miami claim the only division championships (Magic: 2008, 2009, 2010; Heat: 2005, 2006, 2007). Now with the new Big 3 in Miami ( LeBron James , Dwyane Wade , and Chris Bosh ), the Magic fans are trying to create a rivalry, seeing as Miami is the biggest draw in the NBA.
The Nets were established in 1967 as a member of the now-defunct American Basketball Association, and joined the NBA in 1976. They have been based at Barclays Center in Brooklyn since 2012, though have played in the New York metropolitan area their entire existence. The rivalry began in 1976 when the Nets joined the NBA as part of the ABA–NBA ...
The first playoff meeting was in the Division Semifinals of the 1950–51 season. This was the first round of the playoffs and a best-of-three series. The Knicks swept the Celtics and got to the NBA Finals, but lost to the Rochester Royals. The clubs squared off in the Division Semifinals once again in the following season.