How the NBA Organises the Seasons of Basketball
nba is the organisation that helps facilitate all the teams in North America as they play their seasons of basketball throughout the year. Organising a nationwide basketball competition between 30 teams, dozens of locations, hundreds of players and coaches, and millions of fans is no easy feat. But the NBA manages to pull it off each and every year.
One of the ways it does so is by organising the competition into different parts. The regular season runs from October to April, with teams playing each other a set number of times for a total of 82 games each year. At the end of the regular season, teams are ranked according to their record and are determined what seed they will be in the playoffs. Teams ranked 1st through 6th in each conference automatically qualify for the playoffs, while teams ranked 7 through 10 compete in the NBA Play-In Tournament to earn the final two spots.
Once the playoffs begin, teams are split into two conferences of four teams each. The top two teams in each conference are then paired against the bottom two teams in that same conference in a best-of-seven series to determine the division champion. The winner of each division then goes on to face the runner-up from the other division in a best-of-seven conference finals to determine the league champion.
The NBA All-Star Game is played in mid-february, and is a chance for the best players to come together and play some exhibition games. The top vote-getters from each conference are named captains and fan votes determine the rest of the All-Star team. Each All-Star game is played over a weekend, and the best player from each All-Star game wins the Game MVP award.
There is also Summer League, which is an opportunity for young players to get some extra practice before the start of the regular season. And of course, the NBA Finals, a best-of-seven game between the winners of each conference. The winning team is awarded the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, and each member of the winning team-including the coach and GM-is given a championship ring.