Southwest Division (NBA)

Southwest Division (NBA)
Southwest Division
Conference Western Conference
League National Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Inaugural season 200405 season
No. of teams 5
Most recent champion(s) San Antonio Spurs (4th title)
Most titles San Antonio Spurs (4 titles)

The Southwest Division is one of the three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The division consists of five teams, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Rockets, the Memphis Grizzlies, the New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs. Three of the teams, the Mavericks, Rockets, and Spurs, are based in Texas, which is behind California who has four teams, the most in the NBA. The Mavericks are the defending NBA champions.

The division was created at the start of the 200405 season, when the league expanded from 29 to 30 teams with the addition of the Charlotte Bobcats. The league realigned itself into three divisions in each conference. The Southwest Division began with five inaugural members, the Mavericks, the Rockets, the Grizzlies, the Hornets and the Spurs.[1] The Mavericks, the Rockets, the Grizzlies and the Spurs joined from the now-defunct Midwest Division, while the Hornets joined from the Central Division. All five teams, including the Hornets who spent one season in the Midwest Division as the Charlotte Hornets, are former Midwest Division teams.

The Spurs have won the most Southwest Division titles with four. The Mavericks have won two titles and the Hornets have won one title. The Rockets and the Grizzlies have never won the Southwest Division title. Three NBA champions came from the Southwest Division. The Spurs won the NBA championship in 2005 and 2007, while the Mavericks won in 2011. In the 200708 season, all four teams that qualified for the playoffs each had more than 50 wins. In the 201011 season, all teams in the division had winning percentages above 0.500 (50%). The most recent division champion is the San Antonio Spurs.

Contents

Standings

Southwest Division v · d · e W L PCT GB Home Road Div
c-San Antonio Spurs 61 21 .744 365 2516 106
x-Dallas Mavericks 57 25 .695 4 2912 2813 88
x-New Orleans Hornets 46 36 .561 15 2813 1823 97
x-Memphis Grizzlies 46 36 .561 15 3011 1625 88
Houston Rockets 43 39 .524 18 2516 1823 511

Notes

  • cClinched division title and also home court advantage for the conference playoffs
  • xClinched playoff spot

Teams

Team City Year From
Joined
Dallas Mavericks Dallas, Texas 2004 Midwest Division
Houston Rockets Houston, Texas 2004 Midwest Division
Memphis Grizzlies Memphis, Tennessee 2004 Midwest Division
New Orleans Hornets (20022005, 2007present)
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (20052007)[a]
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[a]
2004 Central Division
San Antonio Spurs San Antonio, Texas 2004 Midwest Division

Division champions

^ Had or tied for the best regular season record for that season
Season Team Record Playoffs result
200405 San Antonio Spurs &10000000000000000720000 5923 (.720) Won NBA Finals
200506 San Antonio Spurs &10000000000000000769000 6319 (.768) Lost Conference Semifinals
200607 Dallas Mavericks^ &10000000000000000817000 6715 (.817) Lost First Round
200708 New Orleans Hornets &10000000000000000683000 5626 (.683) Lost Conference Semifinals
200809 San Antonio Spurs &10000000000000000659000 5428 (.659) Lost First Round
200910 Dallas Mavericks &10000000000000000671000 5527 (.671) Lost First Round
201011 San Antonio Spurs &10000000000000000744000 6121 (.744) Lost First Round

Titles by team

Team Titles Season(s) won
San Antonio Spurs 4 200405, 200506, 200809, 201011
Dallas Mavericks 2 200607, 200910
New Orleans Hornets 1 200708

Season results

^ Denotes team that won the NBA championships
+ Denotes team that won the Conference Finals, but lost the NBA Finals
* Denotes team that qualified for the NBA Playoffs
Season Team (record)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
200405 San Antonio^ (5923) Dallas* (5824) Houston* (5131) Memphis* (4537) New Orleans (1864)
200506 San Antonio* (6319) Dallas+ (6022) Memphis* (4933) New Orleans/Oklahoma City[a] (3844) Houston (3448)
200607 Dallas* (6715) San Antonio^ (5824) Houston* (5230) New Orleans/Oklahoma City[a] (3943) Memphis (2260)
200708 New Orleans* (5626) San Antonio* (5626) Houston* (5527) Dallas* (5131) Memphis (2260)
200809 San Antonio* (5428) Houston* (5329) Dallas* (5032) New Orleans* (4933) Memphis (2458)
200910 Dallas* (5527) San Antonio* (5032) Houston (4240) Memphis (4042) New Orleans* (3745)
201011 San Antonio* (6121) Dallas^ (5725) New Orleans* (4636) Memphis* (4636) Houston (4339)

Rivalries

Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs

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.

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "Expansion Bobcats prompt change". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. November 17, 2003. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1664103. Retrieved May 29, 2011. 

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