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How many regular-season games does each NBA team play?

Answer

82 games

The 82-game schedule has been in place since the 1967-68 season. Teams have fallen short of 82 only in disrupted years: the lockout seasons of 1998-99 (50 games) and 2011-12 (66 games), plus the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.

Source: NBA

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