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The 2012 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2011–12 season.The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeating the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder, 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2011–12 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs, contested between the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder. It was played from June 12 to 21, 2012.
Despite entering the 2012 playoffs as the top seed in the Western Conference for the second year in a row, the Canucks were upset in the first round in five games by the eight-seeded Los Angeles Kings, who would eventually go on to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history as the weeks went on. This marked the third consecutive season ...
The 2012 NBA playoffs began on April 28, and concluded on June 21, 2012, when the Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Chicago Bulls were eliminated after losing Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to injuries, and the New York Knicks lost to the Miami Heat while losing Baron Davis and Iman Shumpert to knee injuries.
The original Winnipeg Jets never appeared in the conference finals, and after moving to become the Phoenix Coyotes the franchise did not even win a playoff series until the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs when they advanced to the conference finals. Of the 32 teams in the NHL, only the Columbus Blue Jackets and Seattle Kraken have never appeared in ...
The NBA first awarded conference championship trophies in 2001. [4] In 2022, both were redesigned, and named the Bob Cousy Trophy for the Eastern Conference and the Oscar Robertson Trophy for the Western Conference, in honor of two men who were instrumental in developing and advancing the players' labor union, the National Basketball Players Association.
In the event the Coyotes build a new stadium suitable for NHL play by 2029, the Arizona Coyotes would essentially return to the Western Conference, creating a new 33-team NHL in the process. Conversely, should they fail to establish a new suitable arena for play by then, the 16 teams with Utah taking Arizona's place will stand as is and the ...
Chris Carpenter pitches to Mike Napoli in the 2nd inning of Game 7 of the 2011 World Series. Syl Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs after Game seven of the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals Inside the Toyota Center before tip off of Game seven of the 2018 NBA Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets