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2015–16 NBA season

The 2015–16 NBA season was the 70th season of the National Basketball Association. The regular season began on October 27, 2015, at the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls, with their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 2016 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on February 14, 2016. The regular season ended on April 13, 2016. Golden State's Stephen Curry became the first unanimous MVP in league history.[1] The playoffs started on April 16, 2016, and ended with the 2016 NBA Finals on June 19, 2016, with the Cleveland Cavaliers becoming NBA Champions for the first time in franchise history after defeating the Golden State Warriors in seven games. This would also be the final season for All-Stars and future Hall of Famers Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.

2015–16 NBA season

National Basketball Association

Basketball

October 27, 2015 – April 13, 2016
April 16, 2016 – May 30, 2016 (Playoffs)
June 2, 2016 – June 19, 2016 (Finals)

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ABC, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV

Karl-Anthony Towns

Minnesota Timberwolves

Golden State Warriors

Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)

Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)

Cleveland Cavaliers

Toronto Raptors

Golden State Warriors

Oklahoma City Thunder

Cleveland Cavaliers

Golden State Warriors

LeBron James (Cleveland)

Preseason[edit]

The preseason began on October 2, 2015, and ended on October 23, 2015.

This season was the ' final season at Sleep Train Arena before moving into the new Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. The Kings played their final regular-season game there on April 9, 2016, against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sacramento Kings

On October 26, owner group Larry Miller Sports & Entertainment announced a new 10-year naming rights deal for the team's arena with home security provider Vivint, renaming the arena to Vivint Smart Home Arena.[88]

Utah Jazz

The began to refer to their home arena, the Wells Fargo Center, solely as "The Center" in team correspondence, due to Wells Fargo not being a corporate partner in the team. The team's redesigned floor at first de-emphasized the sponsor of the team's arena, with the text of the Wells Fargo Center logo rendered in white that blended in with the floor in a minimal font. However, television and radio broadcasts still use the full arena name.[89] Eventually the logo text was restored to a normal-sized black font by the start of January after input from arena owner Comcast Spectacor,[90] with the 76ers signing a non-signage "official bank" deal with Firstrust Bank.[91]

Philadelphia 76ers

The ' home arena US Airways Center was renamed to Talking Stick Resort Arena.[92]

Phoenix Suns

– FanDuel

Atlanta Hawks

– Putnam Investments

Boston Celtics

– FanDuel

Brooklyn Nets

– Novant Health

Charlotte Hornets

– FanDuel

Cleveland Cavaliers

– FanDuel

Dallas Mavericks

– UCHealth (since January 10, 2016)

Denver Nuggets

– ZTE Axon Inc.

Houston Rockets

– Indiana Economic Development Corporation (AStateThatWorks.com)

Indiana Pacers

– American Airlines

Los Angeles Clippers

– FanDuel

Los Angeles Lakers

– FanDuel

Miami Heat

– U.S. Bank

Minnesota Timberwolves

– Ochsner Health System

New Orleans Pelicans

– DraftKings

New York Knicks

– FanDuel

Orlando Magic

– Annexus

Phoenix Suns

– FanDuel (since December 21, 2015)

San Antonio Spurs

– Bank of Montreal

Toronto Raptors

– United Fuel Supply

Utah Jazz