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In the 1997–1998 NBA season, the Chicago Bulls narrowly defeated the Pacers, 4 games to 3, in the Eastern Conference Finals. [134] The 1998–1999 NBA season began with a lockout but saw Indiana return to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they fell to the New York Knicks. [135] The 1999–2000 NBA season brought several major changes to ...
The Lakers hold records for having (at the end of the 2014–15 NBA season) the most wins (3,125), the highest winning percentage (.620), the most NBA Finals appearances (32) of any NBA franchise, second-fewest non-playoff seasons with seven and are second NBA championships with 17, behind the Boston Celtics' 18. [8]
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 1999–2000 NBA season was the 54th season of the National Basketball Association. The season began on November 2, 1999, and ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA championship, beating the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2 in the 2000 NBA Finals .
So far, the other playoff series are still running on a 2–2–1–1–1 site format. The Finals returned to a 2-2-1-1-1 format in 2014. Additionally, both teams in the Finals featured newly built arenas, as the Lakers' Crypto.com Arena and the Pacers' Gainbridge Fieldhouse opened at the beginning of the 1999–2000 NBA season.
In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of .890, surpassing the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls, though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship. The 1996 Bulls and the 2016 Warriors are the only teams to win at least 70 games in a single season.
Shaquille O'Neal – 2000; Kobe Bryant – 2008; NBA Finals MVP. Jerry West – 1969; Wilt Chamberlain – 1972; Magic Johnson – 1980, 1982, 1987; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 1985; James Worthy – 1988; Shaquille O'Neal – 2000, 2001, 2002; Kobe Bryant – 2009, 2010; LeBron James – 2020; NBA In-Season Tournament MVP. LeBron James – 2023 ...
The NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 season, winners receive the Michael Jordan Trophy, named for the five-time MVP often considered to be the greatest player in NBA history. [1] [2]