system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: NBA structure explained to an European

As an European just approaching the NBA, I keep struggling to understand how the conference's and divisions work, I've seen posts here from 2016 but I Know some things changed since then.

I thought I understood but now I see the Chicago Bulls played the Golden State Warriors, the only game between two conferences, and it's not playoffs... What did I miss?
gpt
Two conferences, with 3 divisions in each, and 5 teams per division.

Each year, every team plays:

* 4 games against the other four teams in their division. (16 games total)
* 4 games against 6 other teams in their conference. (24)
* 3 games against the remaining 4 teams in their conference. (12)
* 2 games against each of the 15 teams in the other conference. (30)

Total: 82 games in the regular season.