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The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
A total of 21 franchises have won the NBA Finals, with the Boston Celtics winning the most recent title in 2024. Boston holds the record for the most championships, having won the Finals 18 times. Boston also won the most consecutive titles, winning eight in a row from 1959 to 1966. The Los Angeles Lakers have the most NBA Finals appearances ...
Joe Mazzulla led the Celtics to the NBA Finals in his second season as their head coach. The Boston Celtics finished the regular season with the best record in the NBA, at 64–18. [3] In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the Miami Heat in a rematch of the previous year's Eastern Conference Finals, and won the series 4–1. [4]
11th NBA Finals series. First NBA Finals series in the rivalry to take place in the 21st century. With their last NBA Finals series being in 1987, this remains the longest gap of the Celtics and Lakers not facing each other in the NBA finals at 21 years. 2008–09: Lakers: 2–0: Lakers 110–109(OT) Lakers 92–83: Celtics, 191–146
The Lakers hold records for having (at the end of the 2014–15 NBA season) the most wins (3,125), the highest winning percentage (.620), the most NBA Finals appearances (32) of any NBA franchise, second-fewest non-playoff seasons with seven and are second NBA championships with 17, behind the Boston Celtics' 18. [8]
The winners of the Conference finals advance to the finals to determine the NBA champions. The Boston Celtics have had or tied for the best regular season record a record 19 times. They won the Eastern Conference 11 times, while the Los Angeles Lakers won the Western Conference 19 times. The Celtics have won 18 NBA championships, the
Nikola Jokić (15) of the Denver Nuggets attempts a shot against Bam Adebayo (13) and Kyle Lowry (7) of the Miami Heat in the fourth quarter during Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Ball Arena on Sunday.
The 2021 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2020–21 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns, 4–2, winning their first NBA championship in 50 years and second overall.