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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 Cavaliers would not return to the Conference Finals until 2015. Game 3 of the NBA Finals marked the first ever finals win for the Orlando Magic. However, they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. Game 4 of the NBA Finals marked the first time since 1985 that two overtime games were played in the same NBA Finals series.
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 ...
Texas Tech's basketball program was founded the same year the school opened its doors in 1925. The inaugural game was a 37–25 loss to Daniel Baker College. Tech would lose two more games before finally clinching their first ever victory—35–21 at Sul Ross University. [3] [4]
The top-seeded Chiefs handled the Houston Texans 23-14 on Saturday in a divisional-round playoff game, sending the team to its seventh consecutive AFC championship game. Kansas City will host the ...
Rockets win 1994 NBA Finals, their first NBA championship. 1994–95: Rockets: 3–2: Tie, 1–1: Rockets, 2–1: Rockets 50–38: On April 11, 1995, at Houston, Mavericks beat the Rockets 156–147 in double overtime, their most points scored in a game against the Rockets and their most points scored in a game overall as a franchise. Rockets ...
How Texas Tech football can still make the Big 12 championship game The Big 12 Conference sent out tie-breaking scenario updates on Sunday. The release is vague for what 5-3 teams like Texas Tech ...
The Magic shot an NBA Finals single-game record 75% in the first half, and a record 62.5% for the entire game. [8] The Magic had lost their first six NBA Finals games (four in 1995 and two in 2009). June 14: The Magic's season ended, having lost the NBA Finals in five games to the Lakers.