The Lakers have won the most Pacific Division titles with 25. The Phoenix Suns have the second most titles with eight. 19NBA champions have come from the Pacific Division. The Lakers have won 12 championships, the Warriors won 5, and the Blazers and Sonics won one championship each. All of them, except the1976–77 Blazers, the2001–02 Lakers and the2021–22 Warriors, were division champions. In the1991–92 season, six teams from the division qualified for the playoffs. In the1977–78 season, all teams in the division had winning percentages above 0.500 (50%). The most recent division champions are the Los Angeles Lakers.
Since the2021–22 season, the Pacific Division champion has received theChuck Cooper Trophy, named after Hall of FamerChuck Cooper.[2]
Beginning with the2021–22 season, the Pacific Division champion has received theChuck Cooper Trophy. As with the other division championship trophies, it is named after one of the many African American pioneers from NBA history.Chuck Cooper became the first African-American to be drafted by an NBA team when theBoston Celtics selected him with the first pick in the second round of the1950 draft. The Cooper Trophy consists of a 200-millimetre (7.9 in) crystal ball.[3]
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