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The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.It pitted the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets, in a rematch of the 1981 NBA Finals (though only Allen Leavell and Robert Reid remained from the Rockets' 1981 team).
In all, four of the games in the NLCS came down to one run, and two runs decided a fifth game. The series featured a pair of extra-inning games that combined for a postseason record 10 innings of extra play. Despite only going six games, Fangraphs, via a mathematical formula, named it the 6th best playoff series in MLB history in 2011. [13]
The 1986 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1985–86 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Larry Bird was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time.
Bill Walton only spent one full season with the Boston Celtics. The franchise paid tribute to the sixth man on its 1986 championship team before Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.
The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks pay tribute to NBA legend Jerry West before Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 12, 2024. ... second World Series in 1986. ... the first player to score a ...
The 1986 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1986 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. 1986 NLCS: Game 1 at MLB.com; 1986 ALCS: Game 5 at MLB.com; 1986 NLCS: Game 6 at MLB.com; Good To The Very Last Out at SI.com; 1986 New York Mets at baseballlibrary.com
The 1986–87 NBA season was the 41st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their fourth championship of the decade, beating the Boston Celtics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals .
Los Angeles poured it on to defeat the Mets in Game 6, getting to the World Series for the first time since 2020. Dodgers march into World Series vs. Yankees by clubbing Mets in NLCS finale ...