Western Conference

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NBA conference sports conference

The Western Conference is one of the two primary conferences in the National Basketball Association, comprising teams from the western regions of North America that compete for a spot in the NBA Finals.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Western Conference (historical NBA alignment) 1
Western Conference champion 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA conference ⓘ
sports conference ⓘ
abbreviation West ⓘ
competesFor NBA Finals berth ⓘ
conferenceChampionAdvancesTo NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals
conferenceFinalsMVPAward Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy ⓘ
conferenceFinalsName Western Conference Finals ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
gender men's professional ⓘ
governingBody National Basketball Association ⓘ
hasDivision Northwest Division ⓘ
Pacific Division ⓘ
Southwest Division ⓘ
hasNumberOfDivisions 3 ⓘ
hasTeam Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
surface form: Denver Nuggets

Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
surface form: Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets ⓘ
Los Angeles Clippers ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
Memphis Grizzlies ⓘ
Minnesota Timberwolves ⓘ
New Orleans Pelicans ⓘ
Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma City Thunder

Phoenix Suns ⓘ
Portland Trail Blazers ⓘ
Sacramento Kings ⓘ
San Antonio Spurs ⓘ
Utah Jazz ⓘ
highestHonor Western Conference championship ⓘ
leagueType professional sports league conference ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top tier of NBA ⓘ
mostTitlesTeam Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
numberOfTeams 15 ⓘ
organizesCompetition Western Conference Finals ⓘ
surface form: Western Conference Playoffs
parallelConference Eastern Conference ⓘ
partOf National Basketball Association ⓘ
playoffFormat best-of-seven series ⓘ
regionServed North American Cordillera ⓘ
surface form: Western North America
sport basketball ⓘ
teamCountPerDivision 5 ⓘ
trophyForChampion Oscar Robertson Trophy ⓘ
usesRegularSeasonStandingsFor playoff seeding ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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

NBA play-in tournament → appliesTo → Western Conference ⓘ
1980–81 NBA season → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
1987–88 NBA season → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
1995–96 NBA season → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Bradley Beal → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Cincinnati Royals → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Clyde Drexler → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
DAL → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Dallas Mavericks → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: Earvin "Magic" Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP Award
Houston Rockets → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
LAL → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Los Angeles Clippers → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Memphis Grizzlies → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Minnesota Lynx → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Minnesota Timberwolves → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
NBA playoffs → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
National Basketball Association → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
New Orleans Pelicans → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Northwest Division → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Oklahoma City Thunder → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Phoenix Suns → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Portland Trail Blazers → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Sacramento Kings → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
San Antonio Spurs → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Seattle SuperSonics → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
South Bay Lakers → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Southwest Division → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
Utah Jazz → conference → Western Conference ⓘ
2010 NBA All-Star Game → conference2 → Western Conference ⓘ
NBA Finals games → conference2 → Western Conference ⓘ
Chicago Zephyrs → conferenceAtTheTime → Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference (historical NBA alignment)
Team LeBron → conferenceOfCaptain → Western Conference ⓘ
1977 NBA Finals → conferenceOfChampion → Western Conference ⓘ
Kawhi Leonard → conferencePlayedIn → Western Conference ⓘ
Southwest Division → memberOf → Western Conference ⓘ
Northwest Division → partOf → Western Conference ⓘ
2019–20 NBA season → playInGameConference → Western Conference ⓘ
NBA Finals games → qualification → Western Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference champion
Western Conference Finals → region → Western Conference ⓘ
Dennis Johnson → selectedToAllStarGame → Western Conference ⓘ
LAK → teamConference → Western Conference ⓘ