National Basketball Association

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 can 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 six personal fouls before being disqualified from 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

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
Boston Celtics	Eastern	Atlantic	Boston, Massachusetts	1946
Brooklyn Nets	Eastern	Atlantic	New York, New York	1967
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.