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Year Western champion Coach Result Eastern champion Coach Finals MVP [a] Ref; Basketball Association of America (BAA) 1947: Chicago Stags (1) (1, 0–1): Harold Olsen: 1–4
The NBA Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's postseason. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Players from the winning team usually receive championship rings from the team honoring their contribution, with "rings" becoming shorthand for championships. [3]
Kevin Durant became the youngest scoring champion in 2010. He won another three in 2011, 2012 and 2014. Stephen Curry became the first player to win the title shooting 50–40–90 in 2016, he won it again in 2021 Luka Dončić is the reigning scoring leader for the NBA after averaging 33.9 points during the 2023–24 season.
Games played during the IST are included in a team's regular season results and thus, count toward a team's win-loss record, except the NBA Cup Finals. [4] [5] At the end of the regular season, 12 teams (the top 6 seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference) will have clinched an NBA playoffs berth.
In the 2016–17 season, the Golden State Warriors posted a season-best 67–15 regular-season record and began the 2017 playoffs with a 15-game win-streak, the most consecutive wins in NBA playoff history. They went on to win the NBA Championship with a 16–1 (.941 winning percentage) record, the best playoff record in NBA history. [1]
The league currently consists of thirty teams, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada. Each team plays 82 games in the regular season. Eight teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs. The winners of the Conference finals advance to the finals to determine the NBA champions.
9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988) All-NBA Second Team ; 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984) NBA Rookie of the Year ; NBA All-Rookie Team ; 3× NBA Three-Point Contest champion (1986–1988) 2× 50–40–90 club (1987, 1988) AP Athlete of the Year (1986) NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th) No. 33 retired by Boston Celtics
The NBA's championship trophy; awarded to the winning team of the NBA Finals. Named after Larry O'Brien, who served as NBA Commissioner from 1975 to 1984. Boston Celtics [3] [4] Walter A. Brown Trophy: 1947: The NBA's first championship trophy which was awarded to the winning team of the NBA Finals until it was replaced with the Larry O'Brien ...