NBA Western Conference

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NBA conference basketball conference sports conference

The NBA Western Conference is one of the league’s two conferences, comprising teams primarily from the western United States and serving as a major competitive division in professional basketball.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
NBA Western Conference canonical 8
Western Conference (NBA) 4
NBA Western Conference Southwest Division 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA conference ⓘ
basketball conference ⓘ
sports conference ⓘ
broadcastRegion international ⓘ
championshipTrophy Oscar Robertson Trophy ⓘ
conferenceChampionAdvancesTo NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
conferenceFinalsFormat best-of-seven series ⓘ
conferenceFinalsName Western Conference Finals ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentPlayoffFormat best-of-seven series in each round ⓘ
determinesParticipantIn NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
establishedInLeagueRealignment 1970 ⓘ
formerName Western Division ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
geographicalFocus Western Canada ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
governingBody NBA Board of Governors ⓘ
hasDivision Northwest Division ⓘ
Pacific Division ⓘ
Southwest Division ⓘ
hasRivalConference NBA Eastern Conference ⓘ
hasTeam Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
Denver Nuggets ⓘ
Golden State Warriors ⓘ
Houston Rockets ⓘ
Los Angeles Clippers ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
Memphis Grizzlies ⓘ
Minnesota Timberwolves ⓘ
New Orleans Pelicans ⓘ
Oklahoma City Thunder ⓘ
Phoenix Suns ⓘ
Portland Trail Blazers ⓘ
Sacramento Kings ⓘ
San Antonio Spurs ⓘ
Utah Jazz ⓘ
languageOfCompetition English ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top-tier professional ⓘ
numberOfTeams 15 ⓘ
partOf National Basketball Association ⓘ
playInTournamentIntroduced 2020 ⓘ
playoffQualifier top 8 teams by regular season record ⓘ
regularSeasonGamesPerTeam 82 ⓘ
seasonStructure regular season and playoffs ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
usesPlayInTournament yes ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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Buss family trust → associatedWith → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
Kenny Thomas → playedIn → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
Western Division of NBA → replacedBy → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Division (NBA)
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NBA)
Western Division of NBA → conferenceAfterRealignment → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Division (NBA)
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NBA)
NBA franchises → hasLeague → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: NBA franchise
DeAndre Jordan → competesIn → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NBA)
Russell Westbrook → competitionClass → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
Chris Finch → coachesIn → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference of the NBA
Dallas Mavericks–Houston Rockets rivalry → divisionContext → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Western Conference Southwest Division
Dallas Mavericks–Houston Rockets rivalry → playoffContext → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Western Conference playoffs
Malik Beasley → playedIn → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
Joe Hassett → playedIn → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
Ben McLemore → hasPlayedIn → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference (NBA)
Terrence Ross → playedIn → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
Dejounte Murray → formerConference → NBA Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference (San Antonio Spurs)
NBA Coach of the Month → scope → NBA Western Conference ⓘ