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The most recent division champions are the Denver Nuggets, having won a sixth division championship in the 2022–23 NBA season. They along with the SuperSonics-Thunder franchise have won the most Northwest Division titles with six each, while the Jazz have won five, the Trail Blazers have won two, and the Timberwolves have never won the ...
The Blazers clinched a return trip to the playoffs on March 30, 2015, defeating the Phoenix Suns, 109–86. Finishing the season 51–31, they clinched their first Northwest Division title since 1999 but fell to the Grizzlies in five games in the first round of the playoffs.
In 2005–06, for the first time in 18 years, the club won the Northwest division title. [39] This placed the team in the third seed of the Western Conference playoffs. Denver played the Los Angeles Clippers who, despite their sixth seeding, had a better regular season record. As a result, the Clippers received home-court advantage.
The Minnesota Wild joined the division in 2000 as an expansion team. Like the Pacific Division, the Northwest Division is also a descendant of the former Smythe Division, as three of its Canadian teams played in that division from 1981 to 1993. The Northwest Division existed for 14 seasons (not including the cancelled 2004–05 season) until ...
It's a division that boasts an All-NBA first-team pick (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander), rising stars (Lauri Markkanen, Anthony Edwards) and new kids ready to bust out ( Chet Holmgren, Scoot Henderson).
The National Hockey League's Smythe Division was formed in 1974 as part of the Clarence Campbell Conference. The division existed for 19 seasons until 1993. It was named in honour of Conn Smythe, who was a longtime owner, general manager, and head coach in the league. It is the forerunner of the NHL's Northwest Division and Pacific Division.
Northwest or Northwestern Division may refer to: Northwest Division (NBA), one of the three divisions in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association; Northwest Division (NHL), one of two divisions of the National Hockey League's Western Conference; Northwest Division (RHI), part of the Western Conference of Roller Hockey ...
Toggle Northwest Conference standings subsection. 1.1 Early history. 1.2 Modern era. 2 References. ... + – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division III playoff ...