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The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. A rematch of the 2006 Finals , the series was contested between the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks and the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat .
The Celtics–Lakers rivalry renewed on January 30, 2011 (at Los Angeles on ABC) and on February 10, 2011 (at Boston on TNT) in a rematch of the 2010 NBA Finals. [41] On March 4–5, 2011, the New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors faced off in two regular season games held at London's O2 Arena .
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
As of 2024, the Eastern champions have a 41–36 advantage in NBA titles over the Western champions, with their most recent being the Boston Celtics who have won 18 titles, the most of any team in the league. [15]
The Mavericks would go on to defeat the Heat in six games in the NBA Finals, winning their first NBA championship in franchise history. [1] This would be their last playoff series win until 2022 . The Mavericks' championship was the first major sports championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since the Dallas Stars in 1999, and the first title ...
The 2010–11 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 63rd season of the franchise, 62nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 51st in Los Angeles. As both the three-time defending Western Conference Champions and the two-time defending NBA Champions, the Lakers attempted their third "three-peat" in franchise history (1952–54) and (2000–02), but were swept by the eventual champion ...
The 2011 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2010–11 season.The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeating the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1980 as an expansion team [1] and won their first NBA championship in 2011. The Mavericks have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001. [2] Their principal owner is Mark Cuban.