
The ad shortfall has materialized even as viewership has been healthy. “It’s pretty much a nightmare scenario, at least for this round.”ĭisney declined to comment on the development and a WBD rep did not immediately respond to a sweep inquiry. “They could lose tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in ad revenue depending on how many games are not played,” media consultant Brad Adgate told Deadline. Last year, ad revenue from the NBA playoffs alone reached $842.4 million.
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Such uneven results are never good for broadcasters in multi-game series and will leave them with lighter-than-expected ad revenue despite plenty of ratings momentum. 1975: The Kansas City–Omaha Kings was renamed the Kansas City Kings.2023 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming.The Houston Rockets left to join the Eastern Conference. 1972: The Cincinnati Royals, who relocated and became the Kansas City–Omaha Kings, joined the conference.The San Diego Rockets relocated and became the Houston Rockets. 1971: The San Francisco Warriors relocated and became the Golden State Warriors.The Atlanta Hawks left to join the Eastern Conference. 1970: The Detroit Pistons, the Milwaukee Bucks, and an expansion team, the Portland Trail Blazers, joined the conference.^Note: Milwaukee joined the Eastern Conference during the 1980–81 season.ĭenotes team that won the NBA championshipsĭenotes team that won the Conference finals, but lost the NBA Finalsĭenotes team that qualified for the NBA playoffsĭenotes team that qualified for the NBA play-in tournament Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder Western Conference championships by team Team Had or tied for the best regular season record for that season See also: NBA Conference finals § Conference Bold ‡ denotes a team that merged from the American Basketball Association (ABA).ĭenotes team that currently in the conferenceĭenotes team that has left the conference.c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs.Main article: 2022–23 NBA season Western Conference Also in 2021–22, the league began awarding the Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy to the Western Conference Finals Most Valuable Player, named after Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. The NBA first started awarding a Western Conference championship trophy during the 2000–01 season, renaming it after Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson in the 2021–22 season. This necessitated the move of the now New Orleans Pelicans from the Eastern Conference's Central Division to the newly created Southwest Division of the Western Conference. The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004–05 season, when the now Charlotte Hornets began play as the NBA's 30th franchise. Both conferences consist of 15 teams organized into three divisions.

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