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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 NBA Finals is the championship series ... (the team with the better regular season record plays on its home court in games 1, 2 ... 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008 ...
The Western Conference Finals were televised on TNT, beginning Wednesday May 21 at 9 pm EST. The last possible end date for the Western Conference Finals will be on June 2, if the series goes to a seventh and deciding game. The NBA Finals were televised on ABC, beginning Thursday June 5 at 9 pm EST. The latest possible end date for the NBA ...
Back in the Finals for a second time in 2024, Horford started every game against the Mavericks in place of the injured Porziņģis, averaging 9.2 points and seven rebounds in 30 minutes per night.
[2] [3] The NBA Finals was initially structured in a 2–2–1–1–1 format. [4] In 1985, to ease the amount of cross-country travel, it was changed to a 2–3–2 format, in which the first two and last two games of the series were played at the arena of the team who earned home-court advantage by having the better record during the regular ...
The 2008 team won the Commissioner's Trophy for its World Series title [81] [82] [83] and the Warren C. Giles Trophy as National League champions. It was also named "Team of the Year" by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and received the Pride of Philadelphia Award from the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
2008 NBA Finals: Celtics: 4–2: Celtics, 3–0: Lakers, 2–1: Celtics, 191–144: 11th NBA Finals series. First NBA Finals series in the rivalry to take place in the 21st century. With their last NBA Finals series being in 1987, this remains the longest gap of the Celtics and Lakers not facing each other in the NBA finals at 21 years. 2008 ...
In the history of championships in major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL), a city/metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season 19 times, most recently in 2020 when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup and Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV.