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All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
The International League and the American Association, another Triple-A league that operated in the Midwest, voted in 1988 to play interleague games as part of the Triple-A Alliance. [6] The league also split into two divisions that year. The interleague concept ended in 1992, but the two league divisions remained.
The winner of the NBA Finals receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Each player and major contributor—including coaches and the general manager—on the winning team receive a championship ring. In addition, the league awards the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award to the best performing player of the series.
The NBA returned to the Etihad Arena third time for two preseason games between the Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics, held on October 4 and 6, 2024. The league faced criticism from rights groups, with the Human Rights Watch accusing the NBA of helping the United Arab Emirates in "sportswashing" its poor human rights record. On September 30 ...
Maccabi Tel Aviv of the EuroLeague and Israeli League surprisingly beat the defending NBA champions, the Washington Bullets, by a score of 98–97. [ 1 ] Since then, six other EuroLeague teams have defeated an NBA franchise: Barcelona , Málaga and Real Madrid from the Spanish League , CSKA Moscow of the Russian top-tier level VTB United League ...
The Battle Creek Knights won the inaugural title by going undefeated in the regular season and beating the Dayton Jets in the finals. In the league's first year, the up-tempo rules resulted in the average team scoring 126.9 points per game, nearly 30 points more than the NBA team average in 2004–05, and slightly higher than the NBA record for ...
NCAA Division I – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. NCAA Division II – NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship. NCAA Division III – NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship; NCCAA – List of NCCAA men's basketball champions; NIT – National Invitation Tournament; NJCAA Division I – NJCAA Men's Division I ...
A total of 21 franchises have won the NBA Finals, with the Boston Celtics winning the most recent title in 2024. Boston holds the record for the most championships, having won the Finals 18 times. Boston also won the most consecutive titles, winning eight in a row from 1959 to 1966. The Los Angeles Lakers have the most NBA Finals appearances ...