What Teams Are In The Playoffs Nba?

The NBA playoffs are just around the corner, and the race for the championship is heating up! So which teams are in the playoffs this year?

Eastern Conference

The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of two conferences that makes up the NBA, the other being the Western Conference. It consists of 15 teams, organized into three divisions. The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004–05 season, when the now Charlotte Hornets began play as the NBA’s 30th franchise.

Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and play at the Fiserv Forum. Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, but on April 16, 2014, a group led by billionaire hedge fund managers Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry agreed to purchase a majority interest in the team from Kohl, a sale which was approved by the NBA Board of Governors on May 15. The Bucks have won one league title (1971), two conference titles (1971 and 1974), and 13 division titles (1971–74, 1980–86, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16). They have featured such notable players as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Moncrief, Oscar Robertson, Bob Lanier, Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen,, Sam Cassell,, Brian Winters,, Michael Redd,, Terry Cummings,, Vin Baker,, Jon McGlocklin,, Junior Bridgeman,, Lennie Freeman,, and Alex English.

Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member club of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games at the Scotiabank Arena, which they share with the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs. The team was founded in 1995 as part of the NBA’s expansion into Canada, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Since 1998, the Raptors have been the only Canadian-based NBA team.

Like most expansion teams, success did not come immediately for the Raptors and it was not until the 2000–01 season when they made their first playoff appearance becoming only the second Canadian club to do so. As all Canadian sports franchises, they struggled in their early years but after acquiring Vince Carter through a draft day trade in 1998 and signing Antonio Davis as a free agent in 1999, they improved dramatically making it to back-to-back Conference Finals appearances in 2000 and 2001. Carter was instrumental in leading the team to their first ever divisional championship and with pauses for lockouts in 1999 and 2005, he played eight seasons with Toronto before being traded away by then general manager Rob Babcock.

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers (also commonly known as the Sixers) are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division and play their home games at the Wells Fargo Center. Founded in 1946 and originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA, and one of only eight to survive the league’s first decade.

Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first established in 1967 as a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and became a member of the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger. They play their home games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The team is named after Indiana’s history with the Indianapolis 500’s pace cars and with the harness racing industry.

Western Conference

The Golden State Warriors have the best chance to make it to the NBA Finals out of the Western Conference teams. They have the best record in the conference and are led by Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. The Houston Rockets are led by James Harden and are second in the conference. They are a close second to the Warriors and have a good chance to make it to the Finals as well.

Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. longtime NBA commissioner David Stern called the Warriors “the model franchise of the 21st century”, due to their extensive success on and off the court, with regard to team management and technology.

Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are members of the Western Conference Northwest Division of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season. It played its home games in the Denver Auditorium Arena from 1967 to 1975, moving to the McNichols Sports Arena for the 1975–76 season. The Rockets won the ABA championship in 1976 after defeating the New York Nets in six games.

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in downtown Houston. The Rockets have won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles.

Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The franchise played its home games in Memorial Coliseum before moving to Moda Center in 1995 (known as the Rose Garden until 2013). The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA championship once in 1977. Their other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992.