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## Contents

* 1 Teams, leagues and divisions
* 2 Notes

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is an American-based sports league, considered to be the world's premier professional basketball league. The NBA contains 30 professional basketball teams, 29 in the U.S. and one in Canada.

Currently, the NBA teams are subdivided into two conferences (Eastern and Western) of 15 teams each, and each conference is subdivided into three "divisions" of 5 teams each. A complete list of current teams appears below, along with the conference and division assignment for each team.

In the NBA, games are 48 minutes long, divided into four 12-minute quarters. This is in contrast to the 40-minute game length in other basketball leagues and organizations such as FIBA, the WNBA, and the NCAA.

A player may commit an offensive or defensive personal foul whether or not he or she is handling the ball or guarding someone who is handling the ball. Each player is allowed up to five personal fouls within a game. Upon committing a sixth personal foul, a player is disqualified from playing for the remaining time in the game.

Acquiring two technical fouls in one game also leads to being kicked out of that game.

Flagrant fouls are a special type of personal foul that is called when the foul deemed excessively violent by the referee.

## Teams, leagues and divisions[edit]

The NBA teams template is the catalog of teams, the conference, division, location, and when founded.

Click on a column header to sort the table by that item.

Team | Conference | Division | City | Year founded

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Boston Celtics | Eastern | Atlantic | Boston, Massachusetts | 1946
Brooklyn Nets | Eastern | Atlantic | New York, New York | 1967[1]
New York Knicks | Eastern | Atlantic | New York, New York | 1946
Philadelphia Sixers | Eastern | Atlantic | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | tbd
Toronto Raptors | Eastern | Atlantic | Toronto, Ontario | tbd
Chicago Bulls | Eastern | Central | Chicago, Illinois | tbd
Cleveland Cavaliers | Eastern | Central | Cleveland, Ohio | tbd
Detroit Pistons | Eastern | Central | Detroit, Michigan | tbd
Indiana Pacers | Eastern | Central | Indianapolis, Indiana | tbd
Milwaukee Bucks | Eastern | Central | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | tbd
Atlanta Hawks | Eastern | Southeast | Atlanta, Georgia | tbd
Charlotte Hornets | Eastern | Southeast | Charlotte, North Carolina | tbd
Miami Heat | Eastern | Southeast | Miami, Florida | tbd
Orlando Magic | Eastern | Southeast | Orlando, Florida | tbd
Washington Wizards | Eastern | Southeast | Washington, D.C. | tbd
Denver Nuggets | Western | Northwest | Denver, Colorado | tbd
Minnesota Timberwolves | Western | Northwest | Minneapolis, Minnesota | tbd
Oklahoma City Thunder | Western | Northwest | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | tbd
Portland Trail Blazers | Western | Northwest | Portland, Oregon | tbd
Utah Jazz | Western | Northwest | Salt Lake City, Utah | tbd
Golden State Warriors | Western | Pacific | San Francisco, California | tbd
Los Angeles Clippers | Western | Pacific | Los Angeles, California | tbd
Los Angeles Lakers | Western | Pacific | Los Angeles, California | tbd
Phoenix Suns | Western | Pacific | Phoenix, Arizona | tbd
Sacramento Kings | Western | Pacific | Sacramento, California | tbd
Dallas Mavericks | Western | Southwest | Dallas, Texas | tbd
Houston Rockets | Western | Southwest | Houston, Texas | tbd
Memphis Grizzlies | Western | Southwest | Memphis, Tennessee | tbd
New Orleans Pelicans | Western | Southwest | New Orleans, Louisiana | tbd
San Antonio Spurs | Western | Southwest | San Antonio, Texas | tbd

NOTE: Contents of the above table is from this template.

1. ↑ The Nets, founded in 1967, initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans. Then they played in Long Island as the New York Nets for a period, after which they played as the New Jersey Nets in various locations, in including Piscataway and East Rutherford.

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