Western Division of BAA
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The Western Division of the BAA was one of the league’s original geographic groupings of teams in the early professional basketball era that later evolved into today’s NBA structure.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Division (BAA) | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball division
ⓘ
sports league subdivision ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-tier North American professional basketball ⓘ |
| competitionType | regular season divisional grouping ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1949 ⓘ |
| era | early professional basketball era ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Western Division of NBA
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA Western Division
|
| geographicScope |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| governingBody | Basketball Association of America office ⓘ |
| hasTeam |
Chicago Stags
ⓘ
Cleveland Rebels ⓘ Detroit Falcons ⓘ Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Wayne Pistons
Indianapolis Jets ⓘ Indianapolis Kautskys ⓘ Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis Lakers
Rochester Royals ⓘ Sheboygan Red Skins ⓘ St. Louis Bombers ⓘ Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ Waterloo Hawks ⓘ |
| historicalRole | precursor to modern NBA Western Conference ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | major professional ⓘ |
| mergedInto | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Los Angeles Lakers
ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis Lakers
Rochester Royals ⓘ |
| originalDivisionStatus | one of two original BAA divisions ⓘ |
| parallelDivision |
Eastern Division
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Division (BAA)
|
| partOf | Basketball Association of America ⓘ |
| playoffStructure | top teams qualified for BAA playoffs ⓘ |
| precededBy | no prior BAA division ⓘ |
| reasonForChange | BAA–NBL merger in 1949 ⓘ |
| reorganizedInto |
National Basketball Association divisional structure
ⓘ
Western Division of NBA ⓘ
surface form:
Western Division (NBA)
|
| seasonFormat | round-robin within division ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamCount | varied by season between four and six teams ⓘ |
| usedFor |
playoff qualification
ⓘ
scheduling ⓘ standings ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Division (NBA)
this entity surface form:
Western Division (BAA)