Eastern Division
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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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Division canonical | 29 |
| BAA Eastern Division | 1 |
| Eastern Division (BAA) | 1 |
| Eastern Division (NBA) | 1 |
| Eastern Division (informal historical usage) | 1 |
| Eastern Division and Western Division | 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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedIn | 1949 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1949 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Basketball Association of America ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Baltimore Bullets
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Eastern Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Eastern Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference ⓘ
surface form:
NBA Eastern Division (post-1949)
|
| usedFor |
playoff qualification seeding
ⓘ
scheduling ⓘ standings ⓘ |
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
BAA Eastern Division
this entity surface form:
Eastern Division (informal historical usage)
subject surface form:
Western Division (BAA)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Division (BAA)
subject surface form:
Western Division (NBA)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Division (NBA)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Division and Western Division