What Teams Are Playing In The NBA Tonight?
Keep up with the latest NBA games by knowing what teams are playing each night.
Introduction
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men’s professional 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.
Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of two conferences that makes up the league, the other being the Western Conference. Like the Western Conference, the Eastern Conference is made up of 15 teams, organized in three divisions.
The current divisional alignment was introduced in 2004, when the now Charlotte Hornets began play as the NBA’s 30th franchise. When NBA expansion occurred in 2006 with the addition of Charlotte as well as the New Orleans Pelicans (then known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets), it created an odd number (15) of teams in each conference. As a result, both conferences were realigned accordingly so that there would be an equal number of teams in each conference; Charlotte and New Orleans ended up in the newly-created Southwest Division of the Western Conference.
As of 2019, the Boston Celtics hold the most Eastern Conference championships with 21, having won their most recent title in 2008. The second-most titles belong to the Los Angeles Lakers, who hold 17 championships; they finished first overall in 16 of those seasons. Between them, these two teams have accounted for 38 out of 70 Eastern Conference titles (54.3%). Of those 38 times that they finished atop their conference standings,Boston went on to win 19 NBA Championships (50%), while Los Angeles won 16 NBA Championships (42%). At times standing atop Eastern Conference are teams like Chicago Bulls with 6 conference titles and Miami Heat with 5 conference titles.
Western Conference
The Western Conference is made up of fifteen teams, divided into three divisions. The teams in each division play each other four times a year, and the top eight teams in the conference make the playoffs.
The Golden State Warriors are the defending NBA champions and are currently in first place in the conference. The Warriors are followed by the Houston Rockets, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Utah Jazz.
Conclusion
Thus, we have seen that there are a number of teams playing in the NBA tonight. We have also seen that there is a variety of teams playing, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
