How Many Total Games Are in an NBA Season?
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The NBA season is 82 games long.
82 Games in a Season
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men’s basketball league in North America, composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is widely considered to be the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world.
The NBA regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. Games are divided almost equally between home and away contests, with one or two exceptions:
-Each team plays four games against each of its five opponents in its own division, for a total of 16 games.
-Each team plays six or seven games against each of the teams in the two divisions it isn’t assigned to, totaling 24–28 games.
-Each team also plays four games (two home and two away) against a select group of opponents from the other conference that finished in similar positions in their respective standings during the previous season (protecting rivalries), for a total of 32 games.
41 Home Games and 41 Away Games
An NBA season is made up of 82 games, 41 home games and 41 away games. Each team plays every other team in their conference four times, twice at home and twice away, and each team in the other conference three times, once at home and twice away. In a game, each team can score a maximum of points. The winning team is the one with the most points at the end of regulation time. If the score is tied at the end of regulation time, then an overtime period is played to determine the winner.
4 Pre-Season Games
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men’s basketball league in North America, composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is widely considered to be the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world.
The NBA regular season consists of 82 games, which are usually played from October to April. Each team plays 41 home games and 41 away games.
0 All-Star Games
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16 Playoff Games
The NBA season is long (82 games per team) and the playoffs are even longer (16 playoff games). So, how many total games are in an NBA season? The answer is: 82 regular season games + 16 playoff games = 98 total games.
