The Atlantic Division is one of the 3 divisions withinside the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The department includes 5 groups, the Boston Celtics, the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Knicks, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors. All groups, besides the Raptors, are placed at the East Coast of the United States. However, Toronto sports activities groups have through the years loved rivalries with groups withinside the Northeastern United States (particularly, Toronto groups additionally percentage divisions with Boston and New York groups in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League.
The department became created on the begin of the 1970–seventy one season, while the league elevated from 14 to 17 groups with the addition of the Buffalo Braves, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Portland Trail Blazers. The league realigned itself into conferences, the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference, with divisions in every conference. The Atlantic Division started out with 4 inaugural members, the Celtics, the Braves, the Knicks and the 76ers The Celtics, the Knicks and the 76ers all joined from the Eastern Division.
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