Previously, all five teams from the Central Division during the 2005–06 season and the Southwest Division during the 2014–15 season qualified for the playoffs. All five teams from the Pacific Division qualified for the playoffs, marking the third instance every team in a division qualified for the playoffs since the NBA adopted the current six division format in 2004–05.All four California teams ( Golden State, LA Clippers, LA Lakers, and Sacramento) made the playoffs in the same season for the first time since the Kings relocated to Sacramento in 1985.This also marked the first time since 1976 that Texas did not appear in the playoffs. All three Texas teams ( Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio) missed the playoffs in the same season for the first time since the Mavericks formed in 1980.This season marked the first time since the 2004–05 season that two of the league's top three scorers ( Luka Dončić and Damian Lillard) failed to reach the playoffs.For the first time since the 2000–01 season, no team won at least 60 games in an 82-game regular season. The Charlotte Hornets missed the postseason for the seventh consecutive season, currently the longest active postseason drought in the NBA.The Utah Jazz missed the postseason for the first time since 2016.The Dallas Mavericks missed the postseason for the first time since 2019.The Sacramento Kings entered the postseason for the first time since 2006, snapping the longest postseason drought in NBA history.The Cleveland Cavaliers entered the postseason for the first time since 2018, and the first time without LeBron James on their roster since 1998.The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Los Angeles Lakers entered the postseason for the first time since 2021.The Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves entered the postseason for the second consecutive season.The Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, and Atlanta Hawks entered the postseason for the third consecutive season.The Heat also entered the NBA Finals for the first time since 2020 and the seventh time in franchise history.The Miami Heat entered the postseason for the fourth consecutive season.The Brooklyn Nets entered the postseason for the fifth consecutive season.The Philadelphia 76ers entered the postseason for the sixth consecutive season.The Boston Celtics entered the postseason for the ninth consecutive season, currently the longest such streak in the NBA.The Nuggets also entered the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history.The Denver Nuggets entered the postseason for the fifth consecutive season and also clinched the best record in the Western Conference for the first time in franchise history.
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