How Many Games Are Played In An NBA Season?
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How Many Games Are Played In An NBA Season?
The NBA season is 82 games long. However, there are a few things that can happen to affect that.
82 Regular Season Games
In an NBA season, each team plays 82 regular season games. These games are used to determine which teams will make the playoffs. The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament that takes place after the regular season. The NBA Finals is the championship series of the playoffs.
41 Home Games
The league schedule is 82 games long, with each team playing every other team in their conference four times and every team in the other conference three times. In the past, teams also played a handful of games against non-conference opponents, but since the 2012-13 season, each team plays only conference opponents.
41 Away Games
The NBA regular season is 82 games long, so every team plays 41 home games and 41 away games.
4 Pre-Season Games
4 Pre-Season Games: The pre-season comprises four games played over two weeks in October, with each team playing two home and two away games.
2 All-Star Games
Since the 1950-1951 season, there have been two All-Star Games played each year.
The first All-Star Game was played on March 2, 1951 at the Boston Garden. The Eastern Conference beat the Western Conference 111-94.
In the 1970-1971 season, the All-Star Game was moved to February so that it would no longer conflict with the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Because of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, there was no All-Star Game in 2013.
NBA Finals
The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.
