Pacific Division (NBA)
The Pacific Division is one of the three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association. The division consists of five teams, the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Phoenix Suns and the Sacramento Kings. All teams, except the Suns, are based in California.
The division was created at the start of the 1970–71 season, when the league expanded from 14 to 17 teams with the addition of the Buffalo Braves, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Portland Trail Blazers. The league realigned itself into two conferences, the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference, with two divisions each in each conference. The Pacific Division began with five inaugural members, the Lakers, the Blazers, the San Diego Rockets, the San Francisco Warriors and the Seattle SuperSonics. The Lakers, the Rockets, the Warriors and the SuperSonics all joined from the Western Division.
The Lakers have won the most Pacific Division titles with 23. The Warriors have the second most titles with seven, having won five consecutive times, the first of which occurred in 2015. 17 NBA champions have come from the Pacific Division. The Lakers have won 11 championships, the Warriors won 4, and the Blazers and Sonics won one championship each. All of them, except the 1976–77 Blazers and the 2001–02 Lakers, were division champions. In the 1991–92 season, six teams from the division qualified for the playoffs. In the 1977–78 season, all teams in the division had winning percentages above 0.500. The most recent division champion is the Golden State Warriors.
Standings
Notes- y – Clinched division title
- x – Clinched playoff spot
Teams
Former teams
;Notes- denotes an expansion team.
Team timeline
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Division champions
| Season | Team | Record | Playoffs result |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 48–34 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers^ | 69–13 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 60–22 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 47–35 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Golden State Warriors | 48–34 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Golden State Warriors^ | 59–23 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers^ | 53–29 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Portland Trail Blazers^ | 58–24 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 52–30 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 60–22 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Phoenix Suns | 57–25 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 57–25 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 58–24 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 54–28 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 62–20 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 62–20 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers^ | 65–17 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers^ | 62–20 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 57–25 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers^ | 63–19 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Portland Trail Blazers^ | 63–19 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 57–25 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Phoenix Suns^ | 62–20 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Seattle SuperSonics^ | 63–19 | Lost First Round | |
| Phoenix Suns | 59–23 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 64–18 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 57–25 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 61–21 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 35–15 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers^ | 67–15 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 56–26 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Sacramento Kings^ | 61–21 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Sacramento Kings | 59–23 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 56–26 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Phoenix Suns^ | 62–20 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Phoenix Suns | 54–28 | Lost Conference Finals | |
| Phoenix Suns | 61–21 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 57–25 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 65–17 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 57–25 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 57–25 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 41–25 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 56–26 | Lost First Round | |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 57–25 | Lost Conference Semifinals | |
| Golden State Warriors^ | 67–15 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Golden State Warriors^ | 73–9 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| Golden State Warriors^ | 67–15 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Golden State Warriors | 58–24 | Won NBA Finals | |
| Golden State Warriors | 57–25 | Lost NBA Finals |
Titles by team
| Team | Titles | Season won |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 23 | ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, |
| Golden State Warriors | 7 | ,,,,,, |
| Phoenix Suns | 6 | ,,,,, |
| Seattle SuperSonics^ | 5 | ,,,, |
| Portland Trail Blazers^ | 4 | ,,, |
| Sacramento Kings | 2 | , |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 2 | , |