Western Division
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Western Division was one of the regional groupings of teams that made up the early professional basketball league structure in what became the NBA.
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball division
ⓘ
sports league division ⓘ |
| classificationSystem | regional alignment of teams ⓘ |
| competitionScope | national ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| divisionType | geographic division ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Western Division of NBA
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA Western Division
NBA conference structure ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Basketball Association of America
ⓘ
National Basketball League (NBL) ⓘ
surface form:
National Basketball League
|
| hasMemberType | professional basketball team ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early NBA era
ⓘ
pre-NBA era ⓘ |
| influenced | later NBA divisional alignments ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | professional ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| notableFor |
being one of the first regional divisions in major professional basketball
ⓘ
contributing to the structure of what became the NBA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Basketball Association of America
ⓘ
National Basketball League (NBL) ⓘ
surface form:
National Basketball League
early NBA league structure ⓘ |
| precededBy | no formal divisional structure in early pro basketball leagues ⓘ |
| role | regional grouping of teams ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamSport | basketball ⓘ |
| usedInCompetition |
playoff qualification
ⓘ
regular season scheduling ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
St. Louis Bombers