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The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007–08 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.A best-of-seven playoff series that was played from June 5–17, 2008, the series was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics and the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.
The 2008 NBA Finals featured No. 1 seeds from both conferences for the first time since 2000. The Boston Celtics, who earned their first finals appearance since 1987, faced the Los Angeles Lakers, reviving a classic rivalry not seen since the Lakers beat the Celtics 4–2 in 1987. This time the Celtics prevailed 4–2 over the Lakers.
The 2008 Finals was also the first since 1998 to feature neither Shaquille O'Neal nor Tim Duncan. The Boston Celtics played 26 playoff games (2 games short of a full length postseason of 28), breaking the 25 game record of the 1994 Knicks and 2005 Pistons by 1 game for the most playoff games in a single season played by 1 NBA team. [1]
When West’s Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Celtics in the 1984 Finals, a classic seven-game series, he let Isiah Thomas sit in during Pat Riley’s exit meeting with his team.
The 2007–08 Boston Celtics season was the 62nd season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Powered by the offseason blockbuster acquisitions of perennial All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to join with established star Paul Pierce, the trade enabled the Celtics to finish the season with a record of 66–16 in addition to posting the best single-season ...
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The Celtics cruised to another dominant win in Game 5 on Monday night to claim their first championship since 2008. Jaylen Brown named NBA Finals MVP after leading Celtics past Mavericks for first ...
Paul Pierce was named Finals MVP. [110] With the win the Celtics set a record for most games a team had ever played in a postseason with 26. [111] The 2008–09 Celtics started off the season at 27–2, the then-best starting record in NBA history. [112] They also had a franchise-record 19-game streak. [113]