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The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of two conferences that makes up the league, the other being the Eastern Conference. Like the Western Conference, the Eastern Conference is made up of 15 teams, organized in three divisions.
The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004-05 season, when the now Charlotte Hornets began play as the NBA's 30th franchise. This necessitated the move of the New Orleans Pelicans from the Eastern Conference's Central Division to the newly created Southwest Division of the Western Conference.
Video Western Conference (NBA)
Current standings
Notes
- z - Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
- y - Clinched division title
- x - Clinched playoff spot
- * - Division leader
Maps Western Conference (NBA)
Teams
Former teams
- Notes
- denotes an expansion team.
- denotes a team that merged from the American Basketball Association (ABA).
- * denotes a team that merged from the National Basketball league
Team timeline
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Conference champions
- Western Conference was named Western Division until 1970
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List of Western Conference teams with the most conference championships
- 31: Los Angeles Lakers/Minneapolis Lakers
- 7: Golden State Warriors/San Francisco Warriors
- 6: San Antonio Spurs
- 4: Houston Rockets
- 4: Atlanta/St. Louis Hawks
- 4: Oklahoma City Thunder/Seattle SuperSonics
- 3: Portland Trail Blazers
- 2: Fort Wayne Pistons
- 2: Milwaukee Bucks
- 2: Phoenix Suns
- 2: Utah Jazz
- 2: Dallas Mavericks
- 1: Anderson Packers
- 1: Baltimore Bullets
- 1: Chicago Stags
- 1: Sacramento Kings/Rochester Royals
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Season results
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Notes
- a 1 2 3 The New Orleans Hornets temporarily relocated to Oklahoma City due to the effect of Hurricane Katrina. The majority of home games were played in Oklahoma City, while a few remained in New Orleans.
- b 1 For the 1949-50 season only, the NBA had three different conferences (called divisions at the time), resulting in three different conference champions. The Anderson Packers of the Western Division had to play the Minneapolis Lakers of the Central Division in a best-of-three series in the NBA semifinals, with the Lakers winning 2-0 and advancing to the 1950 NBA Finals to take on the Eastern Division champion Syracuse Nationals.
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