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The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2003–04 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. This season's NBA Finals was contested between the Western Conference playoff champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Eastern Conference playoff champion Detroit Pistons .
The 2004 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2003–04 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers four games to one in the NBA Finals .
The 2003–04 NBA season was the 58th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season ended with the Detroit Pistons defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 4–1 in the 2004 NBA Finals. [1] As of 2025, the only active player in the NBA who has played games in the 2003-04 season is LeBron James.
They proved it in Game 1 of NBA Finals. Members of the Detroit Pistons' 2004 NBA championship team are recognized during halftime at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed.
2004 NBA Finals: Detroit Pistons over the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1. MVP: Chauncey Billups. 2003-04 NBA season; 2004 NBA Playoffs; 2004 NBA draft; 2004 NBA All-Star Game; Eurobasket: None. Euroleague: Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Skipper Bologna 118-74 in the final; ULEB Cup. Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem defeated Real Madrid 83-72; Women
The 2004 team, known as the "Goin' to Work" squad, rode one of the best defenses in NBA history to a 54-28 record and the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Shaquille O'Neal to the Heat (2004) Shaquille O'Neal was the NBA's most dominant big man at the turn of the 21st Century, winning three consecutive NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers (and ...