Eastern Division

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basketball division sports league division

Eastern Division was one of the primary regional groupings of professional basketball teams in the early Basketball Association of America, a predecessor to today’s NBA conferences.

Aliases (4)

BAA Eastern Division ×1
Eastern Division (BAA) ×1
Eastern Division (NBA) ×1
Eastern Division (informal historical usage) ×1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball division → sports league division →
associatedWith	National Basketball Association →
competitionFormat	regular season divisional play →
competitionType	professional club competition →
country	United States →
dissolvedIn	1949 →
endTime	1949 →
governingBody	Basketball Association of America →
hasPart	Baltimore Bullets (BAA) → Boston Celtics → New York Knicks → Philadelphia Warriors → Providence Steamrollers → Rochester Royals → Toronto Huskies → Washington Capitols →
historicalPeriod	pre-NBA era →
leagueLevel	major professional →
location	Eastern United States →
numberOfTeams	varied by season →
partOf	BAA regular season structure → Basketball Association of America →
predecessorOf	Eastern Conference → NBA conferences structure →
reasonForDissolution	merger of BAA and NBL into the NBA →
reorganizedAs	NBA Eastern Division →
role	regional grouping of professional basketball teams →
shortDescription	early BAA regional division that preceded the NBA Eastern Conference →
sport	basketball →
startTime	1946 →
successor	NBA Eastern Conference → NBA Eastern Division (post-1949) →
usedFor	playoff qualification seeding → scheduling → standings →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carolina Cougars → Memphis Sounds → Minnesota Muskies → New Jersey Americans → Providence Steamrollers → Syracuse Nationals → Toronto Huskies →	division
Miami Floridians → Philadelphia Warriors → Washington Capitols →	conference
East Division → NFL Eastern Conference ("Eastern Division (informal historical usage)") →	alsoKnownAs
Eastern Conference →	formerlyKnownAs
1948–49 BAA season →	hadDivision
Western Division (NBA) ("Eastern Division (NBA)") →	hadRivalDivision
Eastern Division →	name
Western Division (BAA) ("Eastern Division (BAA)") →	parallelDivision
Washington Capitols ("BAA Eastern Division") →	playedIn