Western Conference | ORGANIZATION

The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each.

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— Feb 09 2010 4:22 PM from The Sports Network
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FILE - These file photos show the starters named Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, for the NBA basketball All-Star game. From left at top are the Eastern Conference's Kevin Garnett, Dwight HOward, Allen Iverson, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. At bottom, from left, are Western Conference's Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire.

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"We were definitely missing 'Melo and Chauncey, but that's no excuse not to go out there and perform to the level that we're capable of, playing together like we did ... We were gassed a little bit, but you've got to give Utah the..."

Chris Andersen Feb 09 2010 4:10 PM from The Sports Network

"You look out there and see they don't have Billups, and they don't have Carmelo Anthony, so we should've won real easily probably ... But they beat us here with those two guys out the last time we played them, and that shows you..."

Jerry Sloan Feb 09 2010 4:10 PM from The Sports Network

"They're a good defense. You've got length with Odom and [Pau] Gasol and [Ron] Artest ... We couldn't get to the paint and our shots didn't fall. If your shots aren't falling and you're not getting anything easy, no second..."

Nate McMillan Feb 09 2010 4:10 PM from The Sports Network

"I'm not an idiot. I'm not going to run through walls just to run through walls ... If it's an injury where I feel like I can play through it and have it healed while I play, then I'll play. If it's the type of injury where it'll..."

Kobe Bryant Feb 09 2010 8:24 AM from Hoopsworld

"The Lakers were obviously a little short-handed and played mentally tougher than we did and physically tougher than we did and got a win. Don't ask me why"

Gregg Popovich Feb 09 2010 8:24 AM from Hoopsworld

"I look at Brodeur ... How old is Brodeur? He's older than Howie, isn't he? He plays every single night. Look at Miller. He plays every single night. You go around and around, I don't see that as anything."

Mike Babcock Feb 09 2010 8:19 AM from Detroit Free Press

"We gotta turn this around somehow, and one guy can never do that ... Everyone has to dig down and start turning this around, feel good about ourself again and start winning."

Johan Franzen Feb 09 2010 8:19 AM from Detroit Free Press

"I'd rather have it the other way ... It's more a situation, if you win the game, you're not sure that you take a whole lot from it. If you lose it, you feel like hell, to be honest with you."

Gregg Popovich Feb 09 2010 7:44 AM from Los Angeles Times