Glenaldo Gregorio Pena of Pleasant Hill, California, has served as district advisor in the Contra Costa County Office of Education from 2011 to 2015. In this role, Glenaldo Gregorio Pena has made significant contributions to the department’s technological approach. Away from work, Glenaldo G. Pena, known to friends and family as Glenn, enjoys staying active by playing basketball and hiking.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) consists of the Eastern Conference and Western Conference, which are further subdivided into three divisions of five teams each, for a total of 30 teams. The Western Conference’s Pacific Division is unique in that four of the five teams play in the state of California: the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, and the Golden State Warriors of Oakland.
The Pacific Division was formed prior to the 1970-1971 season, though only the Lakers and San Francisco Warriors were part of the inaugural class, along with the San Diego Rockets and out-of-state competition, the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle SuperSonics. Over the last five decades, the division has often been one of the league’s strongest, with the entire division finishing over .500 in 1978 and six of its teams taking eight conference playoff spots in 1992. More recently, the division has produced the last three Western Conference champions.
California teams have done especially well. The Lakers, one of the most successful franchises in league history, have claimed a record 23 Pacific Division titles, while the reigning champion Warriors have five to their name and three in a row. Los Angeles has gone on to win the NBA Finals on 11 occasions, while Golden State has secured two of the last three league championships.
