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The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2008–09 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.A best-of-seven playoff series starting on June 4 and concluding on June 14, 2009, it was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, and the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic. [1]
The 2009 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant was named NBA Finals MVP.
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals, four games to one. The 2008 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2008, and Derrick Rose was selected first overall by the Chicago Bulls and eventually was awarded the 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. The 2009 NBA All-Star Game was hosted at the US Airways Center in Phoenix ...
Bryant famously uttered the words, "Job's not finished," following Game 2 of the 2009 NBA Finals, when a reporter asked him why he didn't look happy even though the Lakers had claimed a 2-0 lead ...
Bryant was the subject of Spike Lee's 2009 documentary film Kobe Doin' Work, which chronicled Bryant during the 2007–08 NBA season. [ 464 ] In 2018, Bryant became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film , and the first former professional athlete to be nominated for and win an Academy Award in any ...
On June 14, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Dwight Howard-led Orlando Magic 4–1 in the best of seven series to become the 2009 NBA champions, winning their first championship in seven years, their tenth title in Los Angeles, and the 15th overall in franchise history. Kobe Bryant was awarded the 2009 NBA Finals MVP.
Bryant then won his first and only MVP award in 2008, which was followed by a first NBA title without Shaquille O’Neal as a teammate in 2009, and then a second in 2010.
Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts against the Boston Celtics during Game Four of the 2010 NBA Finals on June 10, 2010 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.