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class="infobox-data">October 27, 2015 – April 13, 2016 April 16, 2016 – May 30, 2016 (Playoffs) June 2, 2016 – June 19, 2016 (Finals)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of games</th><td class="infobox-data">82</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">30</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">ESPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_draft" title="2015 NBA draft">Draft</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">Top draft pick</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Picked by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD">Regular season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top seed</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (Golden State Warriors)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders">Top scorer</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_playoffs" title="2016 NBA playoffs">Playoffs</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Eastern runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data">Golden State Warriors</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Western runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">Finals</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data">Cleveland Cavaliers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data">Golden State Warriors</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Finals <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (Cleveland)</td></tr><tr class="noprint"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_seasons" title="List of NBA seasons"> NBA seasons</a></th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">← 2014–15</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">2016–17 →</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> The 2015–16 NBA season was the 70th season of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>. The regular season began on October 27, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>, with their game against the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2016 NBA All-Star Game">2016 NBA All-Star Game</a> was played at the <a href="/wiki/Air_Canada_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Canada Centre">Air Canada Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada on February 14, 2016. The regular season ended on April 13, 2016. Golden State's <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> became the first unanimous MVP in league history.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> The playoffs started on April 16, 2016, and ended with the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a> on June 19, 2016, with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> becoming NBA Champions for the first time in franchise history after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> in seven games. This would also be the final season for All-Stars and future Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transactions">Transactions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Transactions">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season_transactions" title="List of 2015–16 NBA season transactions">List of 2015–16 NBA season transactions</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Retirement">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>On June 18, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> officially announced his retirement after playing 16 seasons, winning an NBA championship with the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li> <li>On June 23, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Kirilenko" title="Andrei Kirilenko">Andrei Kirilenko</a> officially announced his retirement after playing 13 seasons in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li> <li>On July 2, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Martin" title="Kenyon Martin">Kenyon Martin</a> officially announced his retirement after playing 15 seasons in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li> <li>On July 22, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a> officially announced his retirement after playing 14 seasons, winning an NBA championship with the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></li> <li>On August 11, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Elton Brand</a> officially announced his retirement after playing 16 seasons in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> On January 4, 2016, he returned to play for <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li> <li>On August 12, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Mengke_Bateer" title="Mengke Bateer">Mengke Bateer</a> officially announced his retirement from professional basketball. Bateer played for three NBA teams during his 17-year playing career, winning an NBA championship with the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></li> <li>On September 23, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Richardson" title="Jason Richardson">Jason Richardson</a> officially announced his retirement after playing 14 seasons in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></li> <li>On November 13, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Hedo_T%C3%BCrko%C4%9Flu" title="Hedo Türkoğlu">Hedo Türkoğlu</a> officially announced his retirement after playing 15 seasons in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></li> <li>On November 29, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> officially announced that the 2015–16 season would be his last after playing 20 seasons, winning five NBA championships with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Bryant ended his career with a season-high 60 points in his final career game against the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2015–16 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Free_agency">Free agency</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Free agency">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/NBA_free_agency" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA free agency">Free agency</a> negotiations began on July 1, 2015, while players would begin to sign starting on July 7, after the <a href="/wiki/July_moratorium" class="mw-redirect" title="July moratorium">July moratorium</a> ended. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaching_changes">Coaching changes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coaching changes">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Coaching changes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Off-season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>2014–15 season </th> <th>2015–16 season </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Brooks" title="Scott Brooks">Scott Brooks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Donovan" title="Billy Donovan">Billy Donovan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monty_Williams" title="Monty Williams">Monty Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Gentry" title="Alvin Gentry">Alvin Gentry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Thibodeau" title="Tom Thibodeau">Tom Thibodeau</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Hoiberg" title="Fred Hoiberg">Fred Hoiberg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Borrego" title="James Borrego">James Borrego</a> (interim) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Skiles" title="Scott Skiles">Scott Skiles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Hunt" title="Melvin Hunt">Melvin Hunt</a> (interim) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Malone" title="Michael Malone">Michael Malone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flip_Saunders" title="Flip Saunders">Flip Saunders</a> (died) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(basketball)" title="Sam Mitchell (basketball)">Sam Mitchell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">In-season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Outgoing coach </th> <th>Incoming coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._B._Bickerstaff" title="J. B. Bickerstaff">J. B. Bickerstaff</a> (interim) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hollins" title="Lionel Hollins">Lionel Hollins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(basketball)" title="Tony Brown (basketball)">Tony Brown</a> (interim) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Blatt" title="David Blatt">David Blatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Watson" title="Earl Watson">Earl Watson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Fisher" title="Derek Fisher">Derek Fisher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a> (interim) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Off-season">Off-season</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Off-season">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>On April 22, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brooks" title="Scott Brooks">Scott Brooks</a> after seven years with the team.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></li> <li>On April 30, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Billy_Donovan" title="Billy Donovan">Billy Donovan</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></li> <li>On May 12, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Monty_Williams" title="Monty Williams">Monty Williams</a> after five years with the team.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></li> <li>On May 28, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Tom_Thibodeau" title="Tom Thibodeau">Tom Thibodeau</a> after five years with the team.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li> <li>On May 29, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Scott_Skiles" title="Scott Skiles">Scott Skiles</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></li> <li>On May 30, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Gentry" title="Alvin Gentry">Alvin Gentry</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></li> <li>On June 2, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hoiberg" title="Fred Hoiberg">Fred Hoiberg</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></li> <li>On June 15, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> hired <a href="/wiki/Michael_Malone" title="Michael Malone">Michael Malone</a> as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li> <li>On September 10, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> announced that assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(basketball)" title="Sam Mitchell (basketball)">Sam Mitchell</a> would take on the interim head coach role while <a href="/wiki/Flip_Saunders" title="Flip Saunders">Flip Saunders</a> battled <a href="/wiki/Hodgkin%27s_lymphoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Hodgkin's lymphoma">Hodgkin's lymphoma</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Saunders died on October 25, thus making Mitchell the new, full-term head coach for the season afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-saunders-22">[22]</a></li> <li>On October 1, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> announced that assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Luke_Walton" title="Luke Walton">Luke Walton</a> would take on the interim head coach role while <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> recovers from back pain issues that he had throughout the summer.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In-season">In-season</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In-season">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>On November 18, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> after five years with the team. Their assistant coach <a href="/wiki/J._B._Bickerstaff" title="J. B. Bickerstaff">J. B. Bickerstaff</a> would take on the interim head coach.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li> <li>On December 23, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> announced that assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Prunty" title="Joe Prunty">Joe Prunty</a> would take on the interim head coach role while <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> recovers after taking an indefinite leave to have hip surgery.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></li> <li>On January 10, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hollins" title="Lionel Hollins">Lionel Hollins</a> after two years with the team. Assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(basketball)" title="Tony Brown (basketball)">Tony Brown</a> was named as interim head coach.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></li> <li>On January 22, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> returned after complications following back surgery, taking over from <a href="/wiki/Luke_Walton" title="Luke Walton">Luke Walton</a>, who led the Warriors to a 39–4 record. Walton returns as an assistant coach for Kerr.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></li> <li>On January 22, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/David_Blatt" title="David Blatt">David Blatt</a> after one-and-a-half seasons with the team. Assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a> was named the new head coach after signing a three-year deal with the Cavaliers.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></li> <li>On January 26, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> returned after complications following right hip surgery taking over from <a href="/wiki/Joe_Prunty" title="Joe Prunty">Joe Prunty</a> who led the Bucks to an 8–9 record.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></li> <li>On February 1, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hornacek" title="Jeff Hornacek">Jeff Hornacek</a> after two and a half seasons with the team. Suns' assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Earl_Watson" title="Earl Watson">Earl Watson</a> was named as interim head coach.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> On April 19, the Suns decided to promote Watson as their full-time coach for the next three years.</li> <li>On February 8, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Derek_Fisher" title="Derek Fisher">Derek Fisher</a> after one-and-a-half seasons with the team. Knicks assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a> was named interim head coach for the rest of the season.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preseason">Preseason</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Preseason">edit</a>]</div> The preseason began on October 2, 2015, and ended on October 23, 2015. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Regular season">edit</a>]</div> The regular season began on October 27, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/United_Center" title="United Center">United Center</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>, who hosted a game against the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> at 8:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>, then the Atlanta Hawks hosted the Detroit Pistons at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Finally, the defending NBA champion <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> at 10:30 p.m. EDT at the <a href="/wiki/Oracle_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Arena">Oracle Arena</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a> games were played on December 25, 2015. The regular season ended on April 13, 2016. The schedule was released at 6:00 p.m. EDT on August 12, 2015.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standings">Standings</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Standings">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_division">By division</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: By division">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a></dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="width:500px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NBA)" title="Atlantic Division (NBA)">Atlantic Division</a></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Home record">Home</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Road record">Road</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Division record">Div</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2015–16 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a></td><td>56</td><td>26</td><td>.683</td><td>–</td><td>32‍–‍9</td><td>24‍–‍17</td><td>14–2</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2015–16 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>8.0</td><td>28‍–‍13</td><td>20‍–‍21</td><td>10–6</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_New_York_Knicks_season" title="2015–16 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td><td>32</td><td>50</td><td>.390</td><td>24.0</td><td>18‍–‍23</td><td>14‍–‍27</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2015–16 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn Nets</a></td><td>21</td><td>61</td><td>.256</td><td>35.0</td><td>14‍–‍27</td><td>7‍–‍34</td><td>6–10</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td><td>10</td><td>72</td><td>.122</td><td>46.0</td><td>7‍–‍34</td><td>3‍–‍38</td><td>2–14</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:500px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Central_Division_(NBA)" title="Central Division (NBA)">Central Division</a></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Home record">Home</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Road record">Road</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Division record">Div</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">c – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td><td>57</td><td>25</td><td>.695</td><td>–</td><td>33‍–‍8</td><td>24‍–‍17</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2015–16 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td><td>45</td><td>37</td><td>.549</td><td>12.0</td><td>26‍–‍15</td><td>19‍–‍22</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2015–16 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td><td>44</td><td>38</td><td>.537</td><td>13.0</td><td>26‍–‍15</td><td>18‍–‍23</td><td>10–6</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="2015–16 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>15.0</td><td>26‍–‍15</td><td>16‍–‍25</td><td>10–6</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2015–16 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>24.0</td><td>23‍–‍18</td><td>10‍–‍31</td><td>4–12</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:500px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Division_(NBA)" title="Southeast Division (NBA)">Southeast Division</a></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Home record">Home</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Road record">Road</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Division record">Div</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Miami_Heat_season" title="2015–16 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>–</td><td>28‍–‍13</td><td>20‍–‍21</td><td>10–6</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="2015–16 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>–</td><td>27‍–‍14</td><td>21‍–‍20</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="2015–16 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>–</td><td>30‍–‍11</td><td>18‍–‍23</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Washington_Wizards_season" title="2015–16 Washington Wizards season">Washington Wizards</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>7.0</td><td>22‍–‍19</td><td>19‍–‍22</td><td>10–6</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2015–16 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a></td><td>35</td><td>47</td><td>.427</td><td>13.0</td><td>23‍–‍18</td><td>12‍–‍29</td><td>4–12</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a></dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="width:500px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Northwest Division (NBA)">Northwest Division</a></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Home record">Home</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Road record">Road</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Division record">Div</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2015–16 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td><td>55</td><td>27</td><td>.671</td><td>–</td><td>32‍–‍9</td><td>23‍–‍18</td><td>13–3</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2015–16 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td><td>44</td><td>38</td><td>.537</td><td>11.0</td><td>28‍–‍13</td><td>16‍–‍25</td><td>11–5</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2015–16 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td><td>40</td><td>42</td><td>.488</td><td>15.0</td><td>24‍–‍17</td><td>16‍–‍25</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2015–16 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>22.0</td><td>18‍–‍23</td><td>15‍–‍26</td><td>4–12</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2015–16 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td><td>29</td><td>53</td><td>.354</td><td>26.0</td><td>14‍–‍27</td><td>15‍–‍26</td><td>4–12</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:500px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NBA)" title="Pacific Division (NBA)">Pacific Division</a></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Home record">Home</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Road record">Road</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Division record">Div</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">z – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2015–16 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td><td>73</td><td>9</td><td>.890</td><td>–</td><td>39‍–‍2</td><td>34‍–‍7</td><td>15–1</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td><td>53</td><td>29</td><td>.646</td><td>20.0</td><td>29‍–‍12</td><td>24‍–‍17</td><td>9–7</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2015–16 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>40.0</td><td>18‍–‍23</td><td>15‍–‍26</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="2015–16 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td><td>23</td><td>59</td><td>.280</td><td>50.0</td><td>14‍–‍27</td><td>9‍–‍32</td><td>6–10</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td><td>17</td><td>65</td><td>.207</td><td>56.0</td><td>12‍–‍29</td><td>5‍–‍36</td><td>2–14</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:500px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Southwest Division (NBA)">Southwest Division</a></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Home record">Home</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Road record">Road</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Division record">Div</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td><td>67</td><td>15</td><td>.817</td><td>–</td><td>40‍–‍1</td><td>27‍–‍14</td><td>15–1</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>25.0</td><td>23‍–‍18</td><td>19‍–‍22</td><td>7–9</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Memphis_Grizzlies_season" title="2015–16 Memphis Grizzlies season">Memphis Grizzlies</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>25.0</td><td>26‍–‍15</td><td>16‍–‍25</td><td>7–9</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2015–16 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>26.0</td><td>23‍–‍18</td><td>18‍–‍23</td><td>8–8</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_New_Orleans_Pelicans_season" title="2015–16 New Orleans Pelicans season">New Orleans Pelicans</a></td><td>30</td><td>52</td><td>.366</td><td>37.0</td><td>21‍–‍20</td><td>9‍–‍32</td><td>4–12</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_conference">By conference</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: By conference">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output 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Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> *</td><td>57</td><td>25</td><td>.695</td><td>–</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2015–16 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a> *</td><td>56</td><td>26</td><td>.683</td><td>1.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Miami_Heat_season" title="2015–16 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a> *</td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>9.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="2015–16 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>9.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2015–16 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>9.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="2015–16 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>9.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2015–16 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td><td>45</td><td>37</td><td>.549</td><td>12.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2015–16 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td><td>44</td><td>38</td><td>.537</td><td>13.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC"><td colspan="7"></td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="2015–16 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>15.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Washington_Wizards_season" title="2015–16 Washington Wizards season">Washington Wizards</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>16.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2015–16 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a></td><td>35</td><td>47</td><td>.427</td><td>22.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2015–16 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>24.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_New_York_Knicks_season" title="2015–16 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td><td>32</td><td>50</td><td>.390</td><td>25.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2015–16 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn Nets</a></td><td>21</td><td>61</td><td>.256</td><td>36.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td><td>10</td><td>72</td><td>.122</td><td>47.0</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:400px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a></th></tr><tr><th style="width:5%">#</th><th>Team</th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><th>1</th><td style="text-align:left">z – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2015–16 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> *</td><td>73</td><td>9</td><td>.890</td><td>–</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> *</td><td>67</td><td>15</td><td>.817</td><td>6.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td style="text-align:left">y – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2015–16 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> *</td><td>55</td><td>27</td><td>.671</td><td>18.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td><td>53</td><td>29</td><td>.646</td><td>20.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2015–16 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td><td>44</td><td>38</td><td>.537</td><td>29.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>31.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Memphis_Grizzlies_season" title="2015–16 Memphis Grizzlies season">Memphis Grizzlies</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>31.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td style="text-align:left">x – <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2015–16 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>32.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC"><td colspan="7"></td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2015–16 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td><td>40</td><td>42</td><td>.488</td><td>33.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2015–16 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>40.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2015–16 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>40.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_New_Orleans_Pelicans_season" title="2015–16 New Orleans Pelicans season">New Orleans Pelicans</a></td><td>30</td><td>52</td><td>.366</td><td>43.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2015–16 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td><td>29</td><td>53</td><td>.354</td><td>44.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="2015–16 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td><td>23</td><td>59</td><td>.280</td><td>50.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td><td>17</td><td>65</td><td>.207</td><td>56.0</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> Notes <ul><li>z – Clinched home-court advantage for the entire playoffs</li> <li>c – Clinched home-court advantage for the conference playoffs</li> <li>y – Clinched division title</li> <li>x – Clinched playoff spot</li> <li>* – Division leader</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tiebreakers">Tiebreakers</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tiebreakers">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>Eastern Conference</dt></dl> <ul><li>Miami won the Southeast Division over Atlanta and Charlotte, by having the best record of the three teams in games against each other (5–3 record vs. ATL & CHA).</li> <li>By winning its division, Miami automatically won the tie-breaker against Boston.</li> <li>Atlanta, Boston and Charlotte were seeded based on record in games against each other (ATL: 6–2 | BOS: 3–4 | CHA: 2–5).</li></ul> <dl><dt>Western Conference</dt></dl> <ul><li>Dallas clinched #6 seed over Memphis based on head-to-head record (3–1).</li> <li>Sacramento finished ahead of Denver based on head-to-head record (3–0).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Playoffs">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_playoffs" title="2016 NBA playoffs">2016 NBA playoffs</a></div> The 2016 NBA playoffs began on April 16, 2016, and ended with the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a> which began on June 2, 2016, and ended on June 19, 2016, on ABC. <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> broadcast the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals">Eastern Conference Finals</a> and <a href="/wiki/TNT_(U.S._TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="TNT (U.S. TV network)">TNT</a> broadcast the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals">Western Conference Finals</a>. ABC broadcast the NBA Finals. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bracket">Bracket</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bracket">edit</a>]</div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First Round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2015–16 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Cleveland* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Atlanta </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="2015–16 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2015–16 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Cleveland* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Toronto* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Miami_Heat_season" title="2015–16 Miami Heat season">Miami</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="2015–16 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Miami* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Toronto* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2015–16 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2015–16 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Cleveland* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Golden State* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2015–16 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2015–16 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Golden State* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Portland </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season">LA Clippers</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2015–16 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Golden State* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Oklahoma City* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2015–16 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Oklahoma City* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">San Antonio* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2015–16 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Memphis_Grizzlies_season" title="2015–16 Memphis Grizzlies season">Memphis</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>* Division winner</li><li>Bold Series winner</li><li>Italics Team with home-court advantage</li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Statistics">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_statistic_leaders">Individual statistic leaders</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Individual statistic leaders">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Category</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Statistics </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>30.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebounds per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Drummond" title="Andre Drummond">Andre Drummond</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>14.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assists per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rajon Rondo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>11.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steals per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>2.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blocks per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Whiteside" title="Hassan Whiteside">Hassan Whiteside</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>3.68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turnovers per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>4.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fouls per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">DeMarcus Cousins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>3.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Minutes per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>38.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeAndre_Jordan" title="DeAndre Jordan">DeAndre Jordan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>70.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>FT%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>90.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>3FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>47.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Player_efficiency_rating" title="Player efficiency rating">Efficiency</a> per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>31.56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Double-doubles</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Drummond" title="Andre Drummond">Andre Drummond</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Triple-doubles</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td> <td>18 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_game_highs">Individual game highs</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Individual game highs">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Category</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Statistics </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebounds</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Drummond" title="Andre Drummond">Andre Drummond</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assists</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rajon Rondo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Steals</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Covington" title="Robert Covington">Robert Covington</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td rowspan="4">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rubio" title="Ricky Rubio">Ricky Rubio</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Prigioni" title="Pablo Prigioni">Pablo Prigioni</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blocks</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Whiteside" title="Hassan Whiteside">Hassan Whiteside</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Three Pointers</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>12 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_statistic_leaders">Team statistic leaders</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Team statistic leaders">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Category</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Statistics </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>114.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebounds per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td> <td>48.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assists per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>28.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steals per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blocks per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turnovers per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>16.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>48.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>FT%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>80.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>3FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>41.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>+/−</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>10.8 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yearly_Awards">Yearly Awards</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Yearly Awards">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a>: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award">Sixth Man of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Crawford" title="Jamal Crawford">Jamal Crawford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">Most Improved Player</a>: <a href="/wiki/CJ_McCollum" title="CJ McCollum">CJ McCollum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Executive of the Year Award">Executive of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/R._C._Buford" title="R. C. Buford">R. C. Buford</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sportsmanship_Award" title="NBA Sportsmanship Award">Sportsmanship Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conley_Jr." title="Mike Conley Jr.">Mike Conley Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" title="J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award">J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Ellington" title="Wayne Ellington">Wayne Ellington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyman%E2%80%93Stokes_Teammate_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award">Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 99%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a>:<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/DeAndre_Jordan" title="DeAndre Jordan">DeAndre Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li>All-NBA Second Team: <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">DeMarcus Cousins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Damian Lillard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li>All-NBA Third Team: <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Paul_George" title="Paul George">Paul George</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/LaMarcus_Aldridge" title="LaMarcus Aldridge">LaMarcus Aldridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Andre_Drummond" title="Andre Drummond">Andre Drummond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 66%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive First Team">NBA All-Defensive First Team</a>:<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/DeAndre_Jordan" title="DeAndre Jordan">DeAndre Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Avery_Bradley" title="Avery Bradley">Avery Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li>NBA All-Defensive Second Team: <ul><li>F <a href="/wiki/Paul_Millsap" title="Paul Millsap">Paul Millsap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></li> <li>F <a href="/wiki/Paul_George" title="Paul George">Paul George</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></li> <li>C <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Whiteside" title="Hassan Whiteside">Hassan Whiteside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Tony_Allen_(basketball)" title="Tony Allen (basketball)">Tony Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a></li> <li>G <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Butler" title="Jimmy Butler">Jimmy Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 66%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a>:<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristaps_Porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is" title="Kristaps Porziņģis">Kristaps Porziņģis</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Booker" title="Devin Booker">Devin Booker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Nikola Jokić</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahlil_Okafor" title="Jahlil Okafor">Jahlil Okafor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li>NBA All-Rookie Second Team: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justise_Winslow" title="Justise Winslow">Justise Winslow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelo_Russell" title="D'Angelo Russell">D'Angelo Russell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Mudiay" title="Emmanuel Mudiay">Emmanuel Mudiay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myles_Turner_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Myles Turner (basketball)">Myles Turner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Cauley-Stein" title="Willie Cauley-Stein">Willie Cauley-Stein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players_of_the_Week">Players of the Week</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Players of the Week">edit</a>]</div> The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>Week </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Oct. 27 – Nov. 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Drummond" title="Andre Drummond">Andre Drummond</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) (1/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (1/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 2–8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andre_Drummond" title="Andre Drummond">Andre Drummond</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) (2/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 9–15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Batum" title="Nicolas Batum">Nicolas Batum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">DeMarcus Cousins</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 16–22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (1/5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (2/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 23–29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_George" title="Paul George">Paul George</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Nov. 30 – Dec. 6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson_(basketball,_born_1990)" title="Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990)">Reggie Jackson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) (1/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (3/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 7–13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeMar_DeRozan" title="DeMar DeRozan">DeMar DeRozan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (2/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 14–20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson_(basketball,_born_1990)" title="Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990)">Reggie Jackson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) (2/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 21–27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcin_Gortat" title="Marcin Gortat">Marcin Gortat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Dec. 28 – Jan. 3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brook_Lopez" title="Brook Lopez">Brook Lopez</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 4–10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (2/5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 11–17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wall" title="John Wall">John Wall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (3/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 18–24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kemba_Walker" title="Kemba Walker">Kemba Walker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a>) (1/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">DeMarcus Cousins</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Jan. 25–31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (4/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 1–7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Isaiah Thomas (basketball)">Isaiah Thomas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LaMarcus_Aldridge" title="LaMarcus Aldridge">LaMarcus Aldridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 22–28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (1/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (4/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Feb. 29 – Mar. 6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (3/5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 7–13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kemba_Walker" title="Kemba Walker">Kemba Walker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a>) (2/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (5/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 14–20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (2/2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (5/5) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 21–27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (4/5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Mar. 28 – Apr. 3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (5/5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Juan_Barea" class="mw-redirect" title="José Juan Barea">José Juan Barea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Apr. 4–10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Millsap" title="Paul Millsap">Paul Millsap</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players_of_the_Month">Players of the Month</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Players of the Month">edit</a>]</div> The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">October/November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_George" title="Paul George">Paul George</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wall" title="John Wall">John Wall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/2) <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (1/1) <a href="/wiki/DeMar_DeRozan" title="DeMar DeRozan">DeMar DeRozan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (1/3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (2/3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (3/3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rookies_of_the_Month">Rookies of the Month</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Rookies of the Month">edit</a>]</div> The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Month_Award" title="NBA Rookie of the Month Award">Rookies of the Month</a>. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">October/November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kristaps_Porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is" title="Kristaps Porziņģis">Kristaps Porziņģis</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>) (1/3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>) (1/6) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kristaps_Porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is" title="Kristaps Porziņģis">Kristaps Porziņģis</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>) (2/3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>) (2/6) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kristaps_Porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is" title="Kristaps Porziņģis">Kristaps Porziņģis</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>) (3/3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>) (3/6) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Myles_Turner_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Myles Turner (basketball)">Myles Turner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>) (4/6) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Richardson" title="Josh Richardson">Josh Richardson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>) (5/6) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Powell" title="Norman Powell">Norman Powell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>) (6/6) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coaches_of_the_Month">Coaches of the Month</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Coaches of the Month">edit</a>]</div> The following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Eastern Conference </th> <th>Western Conference </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">October/November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Blatt" title="David Blatt">David Blatt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Walton" title="Luke Walton">Luke Walton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Skiles" title="Scott Skiles">Scott Skiles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Gregg Popovich</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwane_Casey" title="Dwane Casey">Dwane Casey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>) (1/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Stevens" title="Brad Stevens">Brad Stevens</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terry_Stotts" title="Terry Stotts">Terry Stotts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Clifford" title="Steve Clifford">Steve Clifford</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) (1/1) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nate_McMillan" title="Nate McMillan">Nate McMillan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) (1/1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>) (2/2) </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arenas">Arenas</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Arenas">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>This season was the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>' final season at <a href="/wiki/Sleep_Train_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleep Train Arena">Sleep Train Arena</a> before moving into the new <a href="/wiki/Golden_1_Center" title="Golden 1 Center">Golden 1 Center</a> in downtown <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>. The Kings played their final regular-season game there on April 9, 2016, against the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>.</li> <li>On October 26, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> owner group <a href="/wiki/Larry_H._Miller" title="Larry H. Miller">Larry Miller Sports & Entertainment</a> announced a new 10-year <a href="/wiki/Naming_rights" title="Naming rights">naming rights</a> deal for the team's arena with home security provider <a href="/wiki/Vivint" title="Vivint">Vivint</a>, renaming the arena to <a href="/wiki/Vivint_Smart_Home_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivint Smart Home Arena">Vivint Smart Home Arena</a>.<a href="#cite_note-VivintJazzBusinessWire-87">[87]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> began to refer to their home arena, the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a>, solely as "The Center" in team correspondence, due to <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo" title="Wells Fargo">Wells Fargo</a> not being a corporate partner in the team. The team's redesigned floor at first de-emphasized the sponsor of the team's arena, with the text of the Wells Fargo Center logo rendered in white that blended in with the floor in a minimal font. However, television and radio broadcasts still use the full arena name.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Eventually the logo text was restored to a normal-sized black font by the start of January after input from arena owner <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Spectacor" title="Comcast Spectacor">Comcast Spectacor</a>,<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> with the 76ers signing a non-signage "official bank" deal with Firstrust Bank.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>' home arena US Airways Center was renamed to <a href="/wiki/Talking_Stick_Resort_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Talking Stick Resort Arena">Talking Stick Resort Arena</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Uniforms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>On June 6, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> unveiled new uniforms.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></li> <li>On June 18, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> unveiled new uniforms.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a></li> <li>On June 18, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> unveiled new uniforms.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a></li> <li>On June 24, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> unveiled new uniforms.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a></li> <li>On August 3, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> unveiled new uniforms.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On-court_sponsors">On-court sponsors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: On-court sponsors">edit</a>]</div> The following teams placed on-court advertisements for this season: [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> – <a href="/wiki/FanDuel" title="FanDuel">FanDuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> – <a href="/wiki/Putnam_Investments" title="Putnam Investments">Putnam Investments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> – FanDuel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a> – <a href="/wiki/Novant_Health" title="Novant Health">Novant Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> – FanDuel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> – FanDuel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> – <a href="/wiki/University_of_Colorado_Hospital" title="University of Colorado Hospital">UCHealth</a> (since January 10, 2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> – <a href="/wiki/ZTE" title="ZTE">ZTE</a> Axon Inc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> – <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Economic_Development_Corporation" title="Indiana Economic Development Corporation">Indiana Economic Development Corporation</a> (AStateThatWorks.com)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Airlines" title="American Airlines">American Airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> – FanDuel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> – FanDuel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> – <a href="/wiki/U.S._Bancorp" title="U.S. Bancorp">U.S. Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ochsner_Health_System" title="Ochsner Health System">Ochsner Health System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> – <a href="/wiki/DraftKings" title="DraftKings">DraftKings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> – FanDuel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> – Annexus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> – FanDuel (since December 21, 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Montreal" title="Bank of Montreal">Bank of Montreal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> – United Fuel Supply</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> – <a href="/wiki/GEICO" title="GEICO">GEICO</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a>]</div> This was the eighth and final year of the TV contracts with <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a> before the new nine-year contracts began in 2016. <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> announced that they would be adding games on <a href="/wiki/NBA_Saturday_Primetime_on_ABC" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC">Saturday nights</a> followed by <a href="/wiki/NBA_Sunday_Showcase" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sunday Showcase">NBA Sunday Showcase</a> as well as continuing their games on Sunday afternoons. The first Saturday night game was on January 23, 2016, with the Cleveland Cavaliers hosting the Chicago Bulls.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_occurrences">Notable occurrences</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Notable occurrences">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_regular_season_records" title="List of NBA regular season records">List of NBA regular season records</a></div> <ul><li>The NBA confirmed that beginning this season, the format for allowing teams to enter the playoffs would change to allow the best eight teams in the Western and Eastern Conferences to enter based on records alone, regardless of who wins their divisions in their conferences. As a result, the tiebreaker stages were adjusted to accommodate those changes as well. Ironically, in 2015–16, the top three teams from both conferences wound up winning their top respective seeds and won their respective divisions for the first year that this new rule took effect.</li> <li>For the first time in franchise history, the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> entered an NBA draft with the first overall draft pick. The Timberwolves selected <a href="/wiki/Karl-Anthony_Towns" title="Karl-Anthony Towns">Karl-Anthony Towns</a>. The team also had three straight #1 draft selections on the same team, with Towns joining both <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bennett_(basketball)" title="Anthony Bennett (basketball)">Anthony Bennett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wiggins" title="Andrew Wiggins">Andrew Wiggins</a> at one point. However, Bennett agreed to a buyout with the Timberwolves before the season began, on September 23, 2015.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> became the first team in league history to start off a season with three straight losses of at least 20 points each.</li> <li>On November 1, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>' trio (<a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a>) achieved their 541st regular season win, surpassing the all-time mark attained by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> between 1981 and 1992. Coincidentally, the Spurs' trio milestone was accomplished in a game against the Celtics played at the <a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a>.</li> <li>On November 2, 2015, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> to become the youngest player to score 30,000 career points at 30 years, 307 days during the fourth quarter in a road victory against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. He also became the 20th player in league history to reach the 25,000 point milestone.</li> <li>On November 2, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> achieved his 954th victory with the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> in a 121–56 win against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, thus becoming the player with the most wins with a single team.</li> <li>On November 7, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> played in his 1,336th career game, moving him into 10th place on the all-time career games played list, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a>.</li> <li>On November 11, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> moved to 69th on the all-time career rebounding list, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> member <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>.</li> <li>On November 14, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> moved to 5th on the all-time career blocks list, surpassing former teammate and Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Robinson (basketball)">David Robinson</a>. Coincidentally, his teammate <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Tony Parker</a> also became the 34th player to hit the 6,000 career assist mark.</li> <li>On November 15, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> became the fifth player in league history to play over 50,000 minutes throughout his tenure. He also surpassed <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> as the fourth-most played player in league history. He would achieve that mark by playing 23 minutes in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>.</li> <li>On November 17, 2015, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> during the first quarter of a loss to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> as the league's fourth-highest scorer of all time.</li> <li>On November 21, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> surpassed both <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ellis" title="Dale Ellis">Dale Ellis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Theus" title="Reggie Theus">Reggie Theus</a> to become the league's 49th-highest scorer of all time. He overtook Ellis's spot by making a free throw late in the second quarter in a home victory over the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>, and later surpassed Theus's spot by making two free throws in the middle of the fourth quarter in the same game.</li> <li>On November 23, 2015, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> moved to 25th on the all-time career assists list, joining <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> as the only players in NBA history to be in the top 25 in both career <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders">points</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_assists_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career assists leaders">assists</a>.</li> <li>On November 24, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> set the NBA record for the longest winning streak to start out the regular season with a 16–0 record following a win against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. The Warriors would eventually start the season with a 24–0 record after getting their first loss on the road against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> on December 12, 2015, ending their longest winning streak ever at 28 games between two seasons of regular season play.</li> <li>On November 29, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> announced he would retire after the end of the season. During twenty seasons, Bryant won five NBA championships, one season MVP award, and was selected to the All-Star Game seventeen times.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> became the first team in league history to start out multiple seasons in a row with 0–17 records. They also ended up breaking the NBA record for longest losing streak with their 28 straight loss and tied <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2009–10 New Jersey Nets season">the 2009–10 New Jersey Nets</a> for the worst start to a season in league history before getting their first victory of the season on December 1, 2015, at home against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>.</li> <li>On November 30, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> made his 10,000th career field goal in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Kings</a>, becoming just the 13th player in NBA history to achieve that milestone.</li> <li>On December 1, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> overtook point guard and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> as the third-most-played player in league history by playing for 20 minutes in a close loss to the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> played against the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> on December 3, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City_Arena" title="Mexico City Arena">Mexico City Arena</a>, with the Celtics winning 114–97.</li> <li>On December 5, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> scored his 26,000th career point in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Trail Blazers</a>.</li> <li>On December 5, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rajon Rondo</a> recorded his 5,000th career assist in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Rockets</a>.</li> <li>On December 5, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Pau Gasol</a> played in his 1,000th career game in a loss to the Hornets.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> became the first team to play on an alternative court design on December 9, 2015, against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>.</li> <li>On December 9, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a> recorded 18 assists in a road win against the Bucks, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Tim Hardaway</a> for 14th on the all-time assists list.</li> <li>On December 11, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> became the league's all-time leader in defensive rebounds, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>.</li> <li>On December 16, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> scored his 26,000th career point in a win over the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Bucks</a> .</li> <li>On December 21, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a> recorded 10 assists in a 100–99 home loss to the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Terry_Porter" title="Terry Porter">Terry Porter</a> for thirteenth on the all-time assists list.</li> <li>On December 23, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> to become the NBA's sixth-highest all-time scorer. He scored 22 points in the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>' 119–118 overtime victory over the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a>, including the game-winning lay-up.</li> <li>On December 26, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> scored his 15,000th career point in a loss against the Pelicans, becoming the 4th youngest player ever to amass 15,000 points and 10,000 rebounds (<a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Bob Pettit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>).</li> <li>On December 28, 2015, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> passed <a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">Alex English</a> for 17th on the all-time scoring list in the first quarter against the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>.</li> <li>On December 31, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a> recorded 12 assists in a 20–19 road win against his former team, the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a>, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a> for 12th on the all-time assists list.</li> <li>On January 7, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> scored his 33,000th career point in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Kings</a>. He joined <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (who, coincidentally enough, both played for the Lakers at one point) as the only NBA players to have 33,000 (or more) career points.</li> <li>On January 13, 2016, <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> scored his 10,000th career point in a win against the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Timberwolves</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> played against the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> on January 14, 2016, at <a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">The O2 Arena</a> in London, with the Raptors winning 106–103 in overtime.</li> <li>On January 23, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a> overtook <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a> as the league's 30th-highest scorer of all time in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Charlotte Hornets</a>.</li> <li>On January 25, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> scored his 10,000th career point in a win against the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">Spurs</a>. The game also marked the highest combined winning percentage between two teams, Spurs (.864) & Warriors (.909), this late in the season in NBA history.</li> <li>On January 29, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> became the youngest (17th overall) player to ever score 26,000 points in a win against the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>.</li> <li>On February 3, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> passed <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> for 16th on the all-time scoring list in a loss against the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Hornets</a>.</li> <li>On February 10, 2016, before the All-Star Weekend commenced, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a> to become the 15th-highest scoring player of all time in a victory against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>.</li> <li>On February 21, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> became just the 6th player in NBA history to score 29,000 career points.</li> <li>On February 22, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> 102–92 to improve their overall record to 50–5, making them the fastest team to reach 50 wins in a season in NBA history.</li> <li>On February 24, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a> passed <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> for 24th on the all-time scoring list in a win against the Lakers.</li> <li>On February 25, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> made a <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-pointer</a> in his 128th consecutive game, breaking <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Korver" title="Kyle Korver">Kyle Korver</a>'s NBA record of 127 consecutive games with a 3-pointer.</li> <li>On February 27, 2016, in a win against the Rockets, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> for 6th on the all-time <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_rebounding_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders">rebounds</a> list, and also became just the fifth player in NBA history to record 3,000 career <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_blocks_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders">blocks</a>.</li> <li>On February 27, 2016, during the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>' 121–118 overtime victory over the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> made his 287th <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-pointer</a> of the season, breaking his own NBA record of most 3-pointers in a single season (286) from the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">previous year</a>. Curry made 12 total 3-pointers during the game, tying <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donyell_Marshall" title="Donyell Marshall">Donyell Marshall</a> for the most 3-pointers made by a single player in a single game in NBA history. This also made Curry the first player in NBA history to make at least ten three-pointers in two consecutive games.</li> <li>On February 27, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> became the first team of the season to clinch a playoff berth after the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>. The Warriors beat out the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1985–86 Boston Celtics season">1985–86 Boston Celtics</a> for the earliest clinch of a playoff berth by a team in NBA history by one calendar day. This was also the earliest a team had clinched a playoff spot in February since the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers</a>.</li> <li>On March 3, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> tied the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the longest regular-season home-game winning streak in NBA history (44 games) with a 121–106 win at home against the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>. The Warriors' streak dated back to the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">previous year</a>.</li> <li>On March 3, 2016, <a href="/wiki/DeMar_DeRozan" title="DeMar DeRozan">DeMar DeRozan</a> set an NBA record for most consecutive free throws made (24) during the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>' win against the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>.</li> <li>On March 5, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> for 14th place on the all-time scoring list during the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>' victory against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>.</li> <li>On March 6, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> (who were 12–51 with a winning percentage of .190 at the time) recorded the biggest regular season upset in NBA history with a blowout 112–95 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> (who were 55–5 with a winning percentage of .917 at the time). It was also the first time in NBA history that a team with a winning percentage below .200 in the regular season had ever defeated a team with a winning percentage above .900 so late in the regular season.</li> <li>On March 7, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> for 13th place on the all-time scoring list.</li> <li>On March 7, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> became the first player in NBA history to score 300 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a> in a single season.</li> <li>On March 7, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> recorded their 45th straight regular season home victory with a 119–113 home victory against the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>, surpassing the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the longest regular-season home winning streak in NBA history. The Warriors' winning streak included their final 18 regular-season home games of the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">previous year</a>.</li> <li>On March 10, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> became just the sixth player in NBA history to record 15,000 career rebounds.</li> <li>On March 11, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> scored a combined 37 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a>, setting an NBA record for the most combined three-pointers between both teams in a single game. Golden State scored 18 three-pointers while Portland scored 19 three-pointers.</li> <li>On March 11, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> became only the second player in NBA history to score at least 200 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a> in four straight seasons, joining <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a>.</li> <li>On March 14, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> became the fastest team in league history to reach 60 wins in a season.</li> <li>On March 18, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> of the Houston Rockets passed 11,000 career rebounds in a 116–111 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves.</li> <li>On March 19, 2016, the prime time game between the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> set an NBA record for the highest combined winning percentage between two teams through at least 50 regular season games in NBA history (.882 combined winning percentage); the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> entered the game with a 62–6 win–loss record and a .912 winning percentage, while the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> entered the game with a 58–10 win–loss record and a .853 winning percentage. The Spurs won the game by a score of 87–79 to earn their 44th straight regular season home victory, tying them with the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the second-longest regular-season home winning streak in NBA history.</li> <li>On March 19, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a> became the 41st player in NBA history to reach 20,000 career points, doing so during the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>'s 122–101 win against the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>.</li> <li>On March 23, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> earned their 45th consecutive regular season home victory by blowing out the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> 112–88, surpassing the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the 2nd longest regular season home winning streak in NBA history.</li> <li>With their 63rd loss on March 23, 2016, the Philadelphia 76ers became only the second team to win fewer than twenty games in each of three consecutive seasons, equalling <a href="/wiki/List_of_Memphis_Grizzlies_seasons" title="List of Memphis Grizzlies seasons">the Vancouver Grizzlies</a> between <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Vancouver_Grizzlies_season" title="1995–96 Vancouver Grizzlies season">1995–96</a> and <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Vancouver_Grizzlies_season" title="1998–99 Vancouver Grizzlies season">1998–99</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1998-99NBA-99">[a]</a></li> <li>On March 25, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> improved their home record for the season to 37–0, tying the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the best home start to a season in NBA history.</li> <li>On March 25, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> scored a combined 39 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a>, breaking the previous NBA record of most combined three-pointers between both teams in a single game (37) that had been set by the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> only 14 days earlier; Golden State scored 21 three-pointers while Dallas scored 18 three-pointers. Golden State's 21 three-pointers moved the team's season total to 938, which surpassed the previous year's mark of 933 three-pointers set by the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> for the most 3-pointers made by a team in a single season in NBA history.</li> <li>On March 25, 2016, with their 128–120 win against the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> became the second team in NBA history to record at least 65 wins in back-to-back seasons; their <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2014–15 Golden State Warriors season">previous year's team</a> had 67 victories. The only other team to record back-to-back seasons with at least 65 wins is the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>, who followed up their <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">72–10 campaign of 1995–96</a> with a <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">69-win season in 1996–97</a>.</li> <li>On March 26, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Kristaps_Porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is" title="Kristaps Porziņģis">Kristaps Porziņģis</a> became the first player in NBA history to record more than 1,000 points, record at least 500 rebounds, record at least 75 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a>, and block more than 100 shots in his rookie season.</li> <li>On March 27, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> became the first set of teammates to combine for 600 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a> in a single season in NBA history during the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>' 117–105 victory against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>.</li> <li>On March 30, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> improved their home record to 38–0 with a victory against the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a>, which broke the record for the best home start to a season in NBA history that had previously been held by the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a>.</li> <li>On March 30, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> became the first player in NBA history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists, 100 steals and 100 blocks in a single season.</li> <li>On March 31, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Dominique Wilkins</a> for 12th place on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders">NBA's all-time career scoring leaders list</a>.</li> <li>On April 1, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> surpassed <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> for 11th place on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders">NBA's all-time career scoring leaders list</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a></li> <li>On April 1, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 109–106 at <a href="/wiki/Oracle_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oracle Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, which ended Golden State's NBA-record regular-season home-game winning streak at 54 games.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> Golden State's loss left the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> as the league's last remaining team with an undefeated regular season home record.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a></li> <li>On April 3, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> became the first team in NBA history to score 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a> in a single season during their 136–111 win against the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>. The Warriors' win was their 69th win of the season, making them only the fourth team in NBA history to record at least 69 regular season wins, joining the <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season">1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers</a> and both the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96</a> and <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1996–97 Chicago Bulls season">1996–97 Chicago Bulls</a>. The Warriors also joined the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1991–92 Chicago Bulls season">1991–92 Chicago Bulls</a> as the only teams in NBA history to record at least 40 games with at least 30 assists in a single season.</li> <li>On April 3, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> became the first team in NBA history to have 28 different players record game minutes during a single season, which is the most players a team has ever fielded during a single season.</li> <li>On April 5, 2016, with a Spurs victory over the Jazz, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> joined <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> as one of only three players in NBA history to amass at least one thousand career regular season wins. Duncan also became the first (and so far, only) player to record 1,000 regular season victories with a single team.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a></li> <li>On April 5, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Mirza_Teletovi%C4%87" title="Mirza Teletović">Mirza Teletović</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> broke the record for most three-pointers made by a reserve player during the regular season, which was originally set by <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Chuck Person</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95 season</a>, by making 165 total three-pointers, including three in a 103–90 loss to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>.</li> <li>On April 7, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>–<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> matchup on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TNT" title="NBA on TNT">TNT</a> marked the first game in NBA history between two teams with at least 65 wins each. The Warriors entered the game with 69 wins while the Spurs entered the game with 65 wins; the 134 combined wins between the two teams set a record for the most combined wins between two teams in a regular season matchup in NBA history. The Warriors won the game by a score of 112–101 to clinch the NBA's best record and home-court advantage throughout the entire playoffs. The win was Golden State's 70th victory of the season, making them only the second team in NBA history to record 70 regular-season wins, joining the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a></li> <li>On April 9, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> recorded their 33rd road win of the season with a 100–99 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>, tying the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the NBA record of most road wins by a team in a single season.</li> <li>On April 10, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>–<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> matchup on <a href="/wiki/NBA_TV" title="NBA TV">NBA TV</a> marked only the second game in NBA history between two teams with at least 65 wins each. The Warriors entered the game with 71 wins while the Spurs entered the game with 65 wins; the 136 combined wins between the two teams broke the record of most combined wins between two teams in a regular season matchup in NBA history that had been set (by the same two teams) three days earlier. The Warriors won the game 92–86 to clinch their 72nd win of the season, which tied the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the most regular-season wins by a team in NBA history. The win also ended the Warriors' losing streak at AT&T Center, with their last win occurring in 1997. The Warriors also recorded their 34th road win of the season, which surpassed that same 1995–96 Chicago Bulls team for the most road wins by a team in a single season in NBA history. The win also ensured that the Warriors would become both the first team in NBA history to go through a full regular season without ever losing back-to-back games as well as the first team in NBA history to go through a full regular season without ever losing multiple games to a single opponent.<a href="#cite_note-WarriorsSpurs-105">[104]</a></li> <li>On April 10, 2016, San Antonio's home loss to the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> snapped their NBA-record streak of 39 consecutive home wins to begin a season and their regular season home game winning streak of 48 games dating back to the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">previous year</a>, which was second to only Golden State's record 54 straight regular-season home game winning streak for the longest in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-WarriorsSpurs-105">[104]</a></li> <li>On April 10, 2016, the Philadelphia 76ers became the sixth team to lose seventy games in a season, following the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season">1972–73 76ers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season">1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season">1992–93 Dallas Mavericks</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1997–98 Denver Nuggets season">1997–98 Denver Nuggets</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2009–10 New Jersey Nets season">2009–10 New Jersey Nets</a>. The 76ers became the first team in NBA history to lose at least 70 regular season games in two separate seasons. The 76ers would finish 10–72, one win ahead of their own worst 82-game record set in the 1972–73 season.</li> <li>On April 11, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a> recorded his 18th <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a> of the season, tying <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> for the most triple-doubles by a single player in a single season since the <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA–NBA merger</a> in 1976.</li> <li>On April 12, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> 102–98 in overtime to tie the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1985–86 Boston Celtics season">1985–86 Boston Celtics</a> for the best regular season home record in NBA history (40–1), with their only regular season home loss occurring on April 10 against the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>. The Spurs' win also assured that they would end the regular season with a winning percentage higher than .800, making this season the first in NBA history in which two teams (the other team being the Warriors) ended the regular season with winning percentages higher than .800.<a href="#cite_note-Winbelow200-106">[b]</a></li> <li>On April 13, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> won their final game of the year to finish the regular season with a 73–9 record, thus setting an NBA record for most regular season wins in one season. The previous record belonged to the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a>, who finished with a 72–10 record.</li> <li>This was the first season in NBA history in which a team would not lose back-to-back regular season games, as well as the first season in NBA history in which a team would not lose to the same opponent twice in the regular season (both of those feats were accomplished by the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>).</li> <li>On April 13, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, playing in the final NBA game of his career, scored 60 points in a comeback win against the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Jazz</a>. Kobe became the oldest player ever to score 60 points in a game, and set the record for most points scored by a player in their final career game. Bryant shot a career-high 50 field goal attempts and 21 three-point attempts in the game, and became just the fifth player in NBA history to shoot at least 10,000 career free throw attempts.</li> <li>On April 13, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> became the first player in NBA history to make 400 <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointers</a> in a single season. Curry made a total of 10 three-pointers during the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>' NBA-record 73rd regular season win to finish the regular season with a total of 402 three-pointers, 116 more three-pointers than his previous NBA record mark for most three-pointers in a single season (286).</li> <li>James Harden set an NBA single-season record for turnovers with 374. On April 7, he tied the previous record of 366, set by <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a> of the Chicago Bulls during the <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> season (the first season that individual turnovers were recorded), and in his next game, on April 10, he broke the record.</li> <li>For the first time since <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a>, all eight seeded teams in the East finished with a record over .500 in a full season (thus excluding the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">2011–12 season</a>, which was shortened to 66 games due to a strike).</li> <li>On April 20, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> made 20 three-pointers in a 107–90 win against the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>, tying the NBA record for the most made three-pointers by a team in a playoff game.</li> <li>On April 24, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> made 21 three-pointers during their 121–94 win against the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, which set a new NBA record for the most three-pointers made by a team in a playoff game. The former record for most three-pointers made by a team in a playoff game was 20, which the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> had equaled only four days beforehand.</li> <li>On April 27, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> became the first player in NBA history to score at least seven <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-pointers</a> in consecutive playoff games.</li> <li>On April 29, 2016, with the Pacers' 101–83 win over the Raptors in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series, it was ensured that there would be at least one Game 7 in the playoffs for the seventeenth straight year. The last time when there were no Game 7's at any point during the playoffs came during the <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_playoffs" title="1999 NBA playoffs">1999 NBA playoffs</a>.</li> <li>On May 1, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> 89–84 for their first Game 7 victory in franchise history. It was the Raptors' first ever best-of-seven games playoff series win and their first playoff series win overall since 2001.</li> <li>On May 1, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> became the first player in NBA history to score at least seven <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-pointers</a> in three straight playoff games.</li> <li>On May 4, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> set an NBA playoff record by making 18 three-pointers in the first half of their 123–98 rout of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>, 10 of which occurred during the second quarter, which also set an NBA playoff record for most three-pointers in a quarter. They then broke the record for the most three-pointers in a playoff game set by the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> ten days earlier with 25 total three-pointers, which set another NBA record for the most three-pointers made by a team in any regular season or postseason game.</li> <li>On May 6, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> became the first team in NBA history to hit 20 three-pointers in consecutive games, making 21 in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> two days after setting an NBA record with 25.</li> <li>On May 8, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> completed a four-game sweep of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> with a 100–99 win. The Cavaliers finished the game with 16 three-pointers, making them the first team in NBA history to score at least 15 three-pointers in four consecutive games.</li> <li>On May 9, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> returned to play after missing two weeks due to a <a href="/wiki/Medial_collateral_ligament" title="Medial collateral ligament">MCL</a> sprain and scored 40 points to lead the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> to a 132–125 overtime win against the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>. Curry scored 17 of his 40 points during the overtime period, setting an NBA record for most points ever scored by a single player in an overtime period in any NBA regular season or postseason game.</li> <li>On May 10, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> was named the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA's Most Valuable Player</a> (MVP) for the second straight season. Curry also became the first player in NBA history to win the MVP award by unanimous vote, winning all 131 first-place votes. Previously, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> and <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> were the two players that had come closest to winning the MVP award by unanimous vote, falling short by one vote in the <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NBA_season" title="1999–2000 NBA season">1999–2000</a> and <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–13 seasons</a>, respectively.</li> <li>On May 11, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> scored five <a href="/wiki/3-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="3-pointer">3-pointers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>' 125–121 win over the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, extending his streak of consecutive playoff games with at least one made 3-pointer to 44 games, which tied the NBA record set by <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Reggie Miller</a>.</li> <li>On May 15, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> earned their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in franchise history, beating the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> four games to three in their semifinal series.</li> <li>On May 16, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> made a 3-pointer in his 45th consecutive playoff game, which surpassed <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Reggie Miller</a> (44) for the NBA record of most consecutive playoff games with at least one made 3-pointer.</li> <li>On May 19, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a> became the first coach in NBA history to win his first 10 playoff games.<a href="#cite_note-107">[105]</a></li> <li>On May 25, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> set a conference finals record by taking a 31-point lead at halftime against the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>.<a href="#cite_note-108">[106]</a></li> <li>On May 27, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> became the eighth player in NBA history to reach six straight <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>. James is the first player to not be part of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>' 1960s dynasty and the first player in 50 years to accomplish the feat.<a href="#cite_note-109">[107]</a></li> <li>On May 28, 2016, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> player <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Dejean-Jones" title="Bryce Dejean-Jones">Bryce Dejean-Jones</a> died when he was shot after breaking into a <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a> apartment.<a href="#cite_note-110">[108]</a> He is the first active NBA player to die since 2007 when <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Griffin_(basketball)" title="Eddie Griffin (basketball)">Eddie Griffin</a> was killed in a vehicular accident.<a href="#cite_note-111">[109]</a></li> <li>On May 28, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> set an NBA playoff record with 11 three-pointers during the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>' 108–101 win against the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>.<a href="#cite_note-112">[110]</a></li> <li>On May 30, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> became the 3rd defending champion in NBA history, and the 10th team overall, to come back and win a best-of-seven playoff series after facing a 3–1 series deficit.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>On June 5, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> tied the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a> for the most combined regular season and postseason wins in a single season (87) in NBA history by defeating the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> in Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-113">[111]</a></li> <li>On June 10, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> earned their 88th win of the season (regular season and playoffs combined) by defeating the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> in Game 4 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>, surpassing the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1995–96 Chicago Bulls season">1995–96 Chicago Bulls</a>' record of most combined regular season and postseason wins in a single season in NBA history. During the game, the Warriors also made 17 three-pointers, setting a record for most made three-pointers by a single team in an NBA Finals game.<a href="#cite_note-114">[112]</a></li> <li>On June 13, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Kyrie Irving</a> and <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> became the first pair of teammates in NBA history to score 40 or more points each in the same NBA Finals game during the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>' 112–97 victory in Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-115">[113]</a></li> <li>On June 16, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> in Game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> by a score of 115–101, making them only the third team in NBA Finals history to force a Game 7 after falling behind 1–3.<a href="#cite_note-116">[114]</a> The only other two teams to accomplish this feat are the <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1950–51 New York Knicks season">1950–51 New York Knicks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1965–66 Los Angeles Lakers season">1965–66 Los Angeles Lakers</a>.</li> <li>On June 19, 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 93–89 in Game 7 of the <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Finals</a> to claim their first-ever league title. The Warriors became the 11th team overall to lose a seven-game playoff series after leading 3–1, and the first one to do so in the NBA Finals.<a href="#cite_note-117">[115]</a> The Cavaliers became the first NBA team to win a championship by winning a game 7 on the road since the Seattle SuperSonics did so in 1979.</li> <li>On June 19, 2016, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> became the first player, in any playoff series, to lead all players in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.<a href="#cite_note-118">[116]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1998-99NBA-99"><a href="#cite_ref-1998-99NBA_99-0">^</a> The 1998–99 season was shortened to 50 games by <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout" title="1998–99 NBA lockout">a lockout</a>, but in the shortened season the Grizzlies were on pace for a 13–69 record over a full season and thus a fourth successive sub-20-win season. </li> <li id="cite_note-Winbelow200-106"><a href="#cite_ref-Winbelow200_106-0">^</a> For comparison, in three consecutive seasons – 1996–97's <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Vancouver_Grizzlies_season" title="1996–97 Vancouver Grizzlies season">Vancouver Grizzlies</a> and <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1996–97 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>; 1997–98's <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1997–98 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a> and <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="1997–98 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a>; and 1998–99's <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Vancouver_Grizzlies_season" title="1998–99 Vancouver Grizzlies season">Vancouver Grizzlies</a> and <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1998–99 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a>—but in no others, two teams finished with winning percentages below .200. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_regular_season_records" title="List of NBA regular season records">List of NBA regular season records</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/curry-mvp-20160510">"Steph Curry Named Unanimous Winner of 2015–16 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award"</a>. 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NBA.com. November 2, 2015. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2015/news/11/02/players-of-the-week-andre-drummond-detroit-pistons-stephen-curry-golden-state-warriors/index.html">the original</a> on November 2, 2015. 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NBA.com. March 21, 2016. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/2016/news/03/21/raptors-lowry-thunder-durant-players-of-the-week/index.html">the original</a> on March 26, 2016. 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title="1946–47 BAA season">1946–47</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_BAA_season" title="1947–48 BAA season">1947–48</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_BAA_season" title="1948–49 BAA season">1948–49</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_NBA_season" title="1949–50 NBA season">1949–50</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_NBA_season" title="1950–51 NBA season">1950–51</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_NBA_season" title="1951–52 NBA season">1951–52</a> </td> <td 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style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_NBA_season" title="1959–60 NBA season">1959–60</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_NBA_season" title="1960–61 NBA season">1960–61</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NBA_season" title="1961–62 NBA season">1961–62</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_NBA_season" title="1962–63 NBA season">1962–63</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_NBA_season" title="1963–64 NBA season">1963–64</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_NBA_season" title="1964–65 NBA season">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_NBA_season" title="1965–66 NBA season">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_NBA_season" title="1966–67 NBA season">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NBA_season" title="1967–68 NBA season">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NBA_season" title="1968–69 NBA season">1968–69</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1969–70</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_NBA_season" title="1972–73 NBA season">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_NBA_season" title="1974–75 NBA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> 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href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97</a> </td> <td 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href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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