Matchup Index

West

NBA conference. 15 current members.

Members over time

Each bar is a run of seasons as a member. Bold names are current members.
 
  1. Chicago Bulls 1970-71 to 1979-80
  2. Detroit Pistons 1970-71 to 1977-78
  3. Golden State Warriors since 1970-71
  4. Houston Rockets 1970-71 to 1971-72, since 1980-81
  5. Los Angeles Lakers since 1970-71
  6. Milwaukee Bucks 1970-71 to 1979-80
  7. Oklahoma City Thunder since 1970-71
  8. Phoenix Suns since 1970-71
  9. Portland Trail Blazers since 1970-71
  10. Sacramento Kings since 1972-73
  11. Denver Nuggets since 1976-77
  12. Indiana Pacers 1976-77 to 1978-79
  13. Los Angeles Clippers since 1978-79
  14. Utah Jazz since 1979-80
  15. Dallas Mavericks since 1980-81
  16. San Antonio Spurs since 1980-81
  17. Miami Heat 1988-89
  18. Charlotte Hornets 1989-90
  19. Minnesota Timberwolves since 1989-90
  20. Orlando Magic 1990-91
  21. Memphis Grizzlies since 1995-96
  22. New Orleans Pelicans since 2004-05

Members

All-time conference records

TeamRecordWin %GamesSeasons as a member
Los Angeles Lakers2044-133360.5%3377Since 1970-71
Oklahoma City Thunder1776-148354.5%3259Since 1970-71
Phoenix Suns1704-150853.1%3212Since 1970-71
San Antonio Spurs1640-116758.4%2807Since 1980-81
Portland Trail Blazers1599-156450.6%3163Since 1970-71
Golden State Warriors1505-164947.7%3154Since 1970-71
Utah Jazz1466-131952.6%2785Since 1979-80
Houston Rockets1463-135252.0%28151970-71 to 1971-72, since 1980-81
Denver Nuggets1422-146149.3%2883Since 1976-77
Dallas Mavericks1318-136149.2%2679Since 1980-81
Sacramento Kings1248-169042.5%2938Since 1972-73
Los Angeles Clippers1130-155842.0%2688Since 1978-79
Minnesota Timberwolves832-118241.3%2014Since 1989-90
Memphis Grizzlies694-99341.1%1687Since 1995-96
New Orleans Pelicans507-66443.3%1171Since 2004-05
Milwaukee Bucks310-20560.2%5151970-71 to 1979-80
Chicago Bulls243-26447.9%5071970-71 to 1979-80
Detroit Pistons173-20545.8%3781970-71 to 1977-78
Indiana Pacers41-7934.2%1201976-77 to 1978-79
Orlando Magic23-3341.1%561990-91
Charlotte Hornets13-4323.2%561989-90
Miami Heat10-4817.2%581988-89

Games against fellow members only, counting both teams' conference in the season each game was played. Current members are in bold.

Most played conference rivalries

SeriesRecordAs membersAll meetings
Los Angeles Lakers vs Phoenix Suns195-150325345
Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trail Blazers170-135305305
Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder183-135298318
Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers191-298291489
Oklahoma City Thunder vs Portland Trail Blazers151-133284284
Phoenix Suns vs Portland Trail Blazers151-132283283
Oklahoma City Thunder vs Phoenix Suns143-150280293
Golden State Warriors vs Phoenix Suns122-165275287
Golden State Warriors vs Oklahoma City Thunder133-158269291
Golden State Warriors vs Portland Trail Blazers132-134266266
Phoenix Suns vs Sacramento Kings161-116255277
Los Angeles Lakers vs Sacramento Kings314-179252493

"As members" counts the meetings played while both teams were in the conference; the record is every NBA meeting.

Against every other conference

OpponentRecordGamesSeriesMost played
East11460-1010221562346Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics (160 meetings)

Counts each game by both teams' conference in the season it was played. "Series" is how many different pairs of teams met; "Most played" is the pair that met most often while in these two conferences, with how many of those meetings count here; its bar is the whole series.

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.