Southwest Division

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National Basketball Association division sports division

The Southwest Division is a grouping of NBA teams located in the south-central United States that competes within the league’s Western Conference.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
New Orleans Hornets	0
Dallas Mavericks	0
Houston Rockets	0
Memphis Grizzlies	0
San Antonio Spurs	0
2011–12 Southwest Division	1
2012–13 Southwest Division	1
New Orleans Pelicans	0
Western Conference, Southwest Division	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Basketball Association division ⓘ sports division ⓘ
abbreviation	SOUTHWEST ⓘ
competitionType	regular season divisional grouping ⓘ
conference	Western Conference ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	NBA realignment of 2004–05 season ⓘ
determines	divisional standings ⓘ
divisionTitleAwardedFor	best regular-season record among division teams ⓘ
geographicRegion	South Central United States ⓘ surface form: south-central United States
governingBody	National Basketball Association ⓘ
hasRivalryWithin	Dallas Mavericks–Houston Rockets rivalry ⓘ San Antonio Spurs–Dallas Mavericks rivalry ⓘ San Antonio Spurs–Houston Rockets rivalry ⓘ
hasTeam	Dallas Mavericks ⓘ Houston Rockets ⓘ Memphis Grizzlies ⓘ New Orleans Pelicans ⓘ San Antonio Spurs ⓘ
inception	2004 ⓘ
influences	NBA playoff seeding ⓘ
isPartOf	NBA Western Conference divisional structure ⓘ
league	National Basketball Association ⓘ
level	top-tier professional ⓘ
memberOf	Western Conference ⓘ
memberOfDivision	Southwest Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ Southwest Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ Southwest Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ Southwest Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ Southwest Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
movedToDivision	Southwest Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
numberOfTeams	5 ⓘ
parallelDivision	Northwest Division ⓘ Pacific Division ⓘ
previousDivision	Central Division ⓘ Midwest Division ⓘ Midwest Division ⓘ Midwest Division ⓘ Midwest Division ⓘ
previouslyPartOf	Western Conference Midwest Division ⓘ
seasonStructure	each team plays other division teams multiple times per season ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
successorTeam	New Orleans Pelicans ⓘ
timeZoneCoverage	Central Time Zone ⓘ Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Orleans Pelicans → conference → Southwest Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Conference, Southwest Division

DAL → division → Southwest Division ⓘ

Dallas Mavericks → division → Southwest Division ⓘ

Houston Rockets → division → Southwest Division ⓘ

Memphis Grizzlies → division → Southwest Division ⓘ

New Orleans Pelicans → division → Southwest Division ⓘ

San Antonio Spurs → division → Southwest Division ⓘ

Austin Toros → divisionTitle → Southwest Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2011–12 Southwest Division

Austin Toros → divisionTitle → Southwest Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2012–13 Southwest Division

West → hasDivision → Southwest Division ⓘ

Western Conference → hasDivision → Southwest Division ⓘ