How Many NBA Teams Are There?
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The NBA has 30 teams. Each team plays 82 regular season games. The regular season starts in October and ends in April. The NBA Finals are in June.
30 teams
As of the 2019-20 season, there are 30 NBA teams. This is down from 31 teams just a few years ago, as the league announced that the 2017-18 season would be the last for the team formerly known as the Charlotte Bobcats. The Bobcats were replaced by a new expansion team, also based in Charlotte, which took on the name of the city’s former NBA franchise, the Hornets.
split into two conferences – Eastern and Western
The NBA is split into two conferences – Eastern and Western. There are 30 teams in total, 15 in each conference.
each conference has 3 divisions
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The NBA is composed of 30 teams, and each team plays 82 games in the regular season. The regular season starts in late October and ends in early April. The NBA Playoffs start in late April, and the Finals end in late June.
The NBA has two conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. Each conference has three divisions. The Eastern Conference has the Atlantic Division, Central Division, and Southeast Division. The Western Conference has the Northwest Division, Pacific Division, and Southwest Division.
5 teams make the playoffs from each conference – 8 total in the playoffs
15 teams make the playoffs. The top 3 seeds from each conference get a bye to the second round. The remaining 5 teams from each conference play each other in the first round, with the lower seed having home-court advantage.
the playoffs are a best of 7 series
In the NBA, there are 30 teams. 29 of those teams are from the United States, and 1 team is from Canada. Of those 30 teams, 16 teams make it to the playoffs. The playoffs are a best of 7 series.
