This is the list with the top 50 NBA teams by winning percentage in the regular season.
| Rk | Season | W-L |
|---|
| 1. | 2016 | 73-9 |
| 2. | 1996 | 72-10 |
| 3. | 1972 | 69-13 |
| 1997 | 69-13 |
Highest winning percentage, season
| Value | Entity | Notes |
|---|
| .8902 | Golden State Warriors | 73-9 |
| .8780 | Chicago Bulls | 72-10 |
| .8415 | Los Angeles Lakers | 69-13 |
| .8415 | Chicago Bulls | 69-13 |
NBA officials opted to have each franchise to play other teams in their conference eight times a season and teams outside their conference seven times each season. Under that framework, each team played 82 games per season for the first time.
LeBron James
| No. 23 – Los Angeles Lakers |
|---|
| 2003–2010 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2010–2014 | Miami Heat |
| 2014–2018 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2018–present | Los Angeles Lakers |
The 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors earned their 70th win of the 2015-16 season with tonight's 112-101 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Oracle Arena. The Warriors join the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who won an NBA-record 72 games, as the only teams in NBA history to win at least 70 games in a single season.
Only 20 teams have won the championship since its inception in 1946. The Eastern Conference has 38 titles, five more than the Western Conference. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics have jointly won 33 titles.
Steve Ballmer (63)
There are rich NBA owners, and then there's Ballmer.This is a list with all the NBA teams that have won at least one NBA Championship.
| Titles | Team |
|---|
| 17 | Boston Celtics |
| 16 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 6 | Chicago Bulls |
| 6 | Golden State Warriors |
Now, each team plays about 3.5 games per week in about 165 days. The NBA uses a formula to decide on the scheduling of games.
Each team plays each opponent of the same division 4 times (twice at home, twice away) for a total of 16 games. A team plays against each team from the other two divisions in its conference either three or four times.
There are currently 30 teams in the NBA. The league is divided up into two conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. The Eastern conference has three divisions called Atlantic, Central, and Southeast.
Each round features a best-of-seven series with a 2-2-1-1-1 format (two games at the top seed's home court, two games at the lower seed's home, then back and forth one game at a time). The winners of each Conference meet in the best-of-seven NBA Finals.
There are currently 30 teams in the NBA. The league is divided up into two conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. The Eastern conference has three divisions called Atlantic, Central, and Southeast. The Western conference also has three divisions, which are the Northwest, Pacific, and Southwest.
The reason the owners wanted an increase in the number of games is money; more games equals more money that can be made. The NBA has went through a similar rise in the number of games played during a season, from 60 games to 68, then to 70, then to 72 and, beginning with the 1960–1961 season, 80 games.
| 1990–91 NBA season |
|---|
| League | National Basketball Association |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | November 2, 1990 – April 21, 1991 April 25 – May 30, 1991 (Playoffs) June 2 – 12, 1991 (Finals) |
| Number of teams | 27 |
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2019-20 NBA Standings: Conference
| Eastern Conference | W | Pct |
|---|
| Bucks MIL X | 53 | .815 |
| Raptors TOR X | 46 | .719 |
| Celtics BOS X | 43 | .672 |
| Heat MIA | 41 | .631 |
NBA players typically get paid bi-weekly during the season, but they have the right to negotiate a different payment schedule on an individual basis. 80% is the maximum amount a player's salary can be paid out in a lump sum, according to the LA Times.
Bench players matter, and it's time we give them their due. The NBA awards one lone Sixth Man of the Year award to its most outstanding bench player, but depth matters so much more than that. Each team fields 13 active players each night, and 62% of them start on the bench.
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | ROAD |
|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 49 | 26-6 |
| LA Clippers | 44 | 19-13 |
| Sacramento Kings | 28 | 14-19 |
| Phoenix Suns | 26 | 13-17 |
