How Many NBA Games Does Each Team Play in a Season?

The NBA regular season consists of 82 games for each team. From there, the top eight teams in each conference advance to the playoffs.

82 Games in a Season

The NBA season is 82 games long. Each team plays 82 games, 41 at home and 41 away. There are 30 teams in the NBA. That means that there are 2,460 games in an NBA season.

60 Games in a Season

The NBA regular season is 82 games long, meaning each of the league’s 30 teams play that many games from October through April.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean every team plays each other home-and-away. The schedule is actually formulated so that every team faces every other team at least twice, with most playing three or four times. In a given season, a team will have what’s called a “divisional opponent,” which it will play four times (two home, two away), and then six “conference opponents,” against which it will play three or four times apiece (depending on whether the game is at home or on the road).

So while every team plays 82 games in an NBA season, the actual number of different opponents faced can range from as few as 29 (if a team only plays its two division rivals four times and all other conference rivals three times) to as many as 34 (if it also plays all four conference opponents four times).

41 Games in a Season

The NBA plays an 82-game regular season schedule. Each team plays 41 home games and 41 away games. From there, the league is split into two conferences — the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference. Each conference has three divisions, and each division has five teams. The playoff format is a best-of-seven series.

Playoffs

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the premier professional men’s basketball league in North America. It is composed of 30 teams; 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The NBA playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament annually held after the NBA’s regular season to determine the league’s champion.

20 Games in a Season

The NBA playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament held after the conclusion of the NBA regular season. Each team plays four to five other teams in their conference, and the winning team from each conference advances to the NBA Finals.

In a typical NBA season, each team plays 82 games. This includes 41 home games and 41 away games. Of those 82 games, about 60 will be against teams in their own conference. The other 22 games are played against teams in the other conference, which is known as “interconference” play.

During the playoffs, each team plays a best-of-seven series. The first team to win four games wins the series. If both teams have won three games apiece, then the seventh game is played to determine a winner.

A typical NBA playoffs will last about two months. The first round of the playoffs is known as the “first round,” while the second round is known as the “conference semifinals.” The third round is called the “conference finals,” and the fourth and final round is called the “NBA Finals.”

14 Games in a Season

14 games in a season, divide equally between home and away games. In the playoffs, teams are reseeded based on their regular season record. The team with the best record in each conference receives a bye through the first round

7 Games in a Season

In a standard NBA playoff series, the team with the better record plays at home for games 1, 2, 5, and 7 (if necessary). If the teams have identical records, then a coin flip decides who gets home-court advantage.

In each conference, the three division winners and the team with the next best regular-season record earn playoff berths. Seeds 4 through 7 in each conference play each other in the first round of the playoffs in a best-of-seven series. The winners of those series advance to the second round to face 1 through 3. The winners of those two rounds advance to the conference finals. Finally, the two conference champions face off in the NBA Finals.

Finals

The Finals are the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The series is played between the winner of the Eastern Conference and the winner of the Western Conference. Each conference’s champion is determined by winning a best-of-seven playoff series.

7 Games in a Season

In an NBA season, each team plays 82 regular-season games. This consists of playing every team in its conference four times, and every team in the other conference three times. There are also two games played against rival teams in order to stoke up bad blood between the respective fan bases.

5 Games in a Season

Each team plays every other team in its conference four times, and each team in the other conference three times. So, if there are 30 teams in the NBA, that’s 24 games right there. With 82 games in an NBA season, that means each team is playing 58 games against teams in their opposite conference.