NBA regular season
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The NBA regular season is the primary phase of the National Basketball Association schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine playoff seeding and overall standings.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NBA regular season canonical | 20 |
| NBA regular season standings | 1 |
| NBA seasons | 1 |
| National Basketball Association regular season | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1041865 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NBA regular season Context triple: [Inside the NBA, coversCompetition, NBA regular season]
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NBA playoffs
The NBA playoffs are the National Basketball Association’s annual postseason elimination tournament in which top teams compete for the league championship.
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NBA All-Star Game
The NBA All-Star Game is an annual midseason exhibition basketball game that showcases the league’s top players, featuring fan-selected stars, high-scoring play, and a weekend of related events and festivities.
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2019–20 NBA season
The 2019–20 NBA season was the league’s 74th campaign, notable for being interrupted and reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a suspended schedule and a resumed finish in the Orlando “bubble.”
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NBA play-in tournament
The NBA play-in tournament is a postseason mini-competition that determines the final playoff spots by having lower-seeded teams in each conference compete for entry into the main NBA playoffs.
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2020 NBA Finals
The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the NBA season held in the COVID-19 "bubble" at Walt Disney World, where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win their 17th title.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NBA regular season Target entity description: The NBA regular season is the primary phase of the National Basketball Association schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine playoff seeding and overall standings.
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A.
NBA playoffs
The NBA playoffs are the National Basketball Association’s annual postseason elimination tournament in which top teams compete for the league championship.
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B.
NBA All-Star Game
The NBA All-Star Game is an annual midseason exhibition basketball game that showcases the league’s top players, featuring fan-selected stars, high-scoring play, and a weekend of related events and festivities.
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C.
2019–20 NBA season
The 2019–20 NBA season was the league’s 74th campaign, notable for being interrupted and reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a suspended schedule and a resumed finish in the Orlando “bubble.”
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D.
NBA play-in tournament
The NBA play-in tournament is a postseason mini-competition that determines the final playoff spots by having lower-seeded teams in each conference compete for entry into the main NBA playoffs.
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E.
2020 NBA Finals
The 2020 NBA Finals was the championship series of the NBA season held in the COVID-19 "bubble" at Walt Disney World, where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win their 17th title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: NBA regular season Description of subject: The NBA regular season is the primary phase of the National Basketball Association schedule in which all teams play a set number of games to determine playoff seeding and overall standings.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
National Basketball Association regular season
this entity surface form:
NBA seasons
this entity surface form:
NBA regular season standings