Conference Eastern Conference Founded 2004 No. of teams 5 | Sport Basketball Inaugural season 2004–05 season | |
League National Basketball Association | ||
The Southeast Division is one of the three divisions in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The division consists of five teams, the Atlanta Hawks, the Charlotte Hornets, the Miami Heat, the Orlando Magic and the Washington Wizards.
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The division was created at the start of the 2004–05 season, when the league expanded from 29 to 30 teams with the addition of the Charlotte Hornets. The league realigned itself into three divisions in each conference. The Southeast Division began with five inaugural members, the Hawks, the Hornets, the Heat, the Magic and the Wizards. The Hawks joined from the Central Division, while the Heat, the Magic and the Wizards joined from the Atlantic Division. The Bobcats changed their name to the Hornets effective the 2014–15 season, after which it assumed the history of the original Hornets from 1988–2002. The Hornets name was previously used by the now-New Orleans Pelicans from 2002–2013.
The Heat has won the most Southeast Division titles, with eight, while the Magic have won three and the Hawks have won one. The Heat won the Southeast Division in four consecutive seasons from 2011 to 2014. Miami's three championships (2006, 2012, and 2013) each came after winning the Southeast Division. The Heat are also the most recent division champion, having won their eighth division championship in the 2015–16 season.
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