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The 2016 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2015–16 season.The tournament ended with the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeating the defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors 4 games to 3 after the Warriors led the series 3 games to 1.
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association (NBA) playoff series, grouped by franchise. Series featuring relocated and renamed teams [nb 1] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. [1] Bolded years indicate wins. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the ...
The 2016 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2015–16 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.The Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors four games to three in a rematch of the previous year's Finals.
On April 20, 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers made 20 three-pointers in a 107–90 win against the Detroit Pistons, tying the NBA record for the most made three-pointers by a team in a playoff game. On April 24, 2016, the Golden State Warriors made 21 three-pointers during their 121–94 win against the Houston Rockets, which set a new NBA record ...
Players are eligible to be on a team's playoff roster as long as they were on the team for at least one regular season game, and were not on another NBA team's roster after March 1. [21] Prior to the 2005–06 season, [citation needed] playoff rosters were limited to 12 players who were named before the playoffs began. [20] [22]
The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy is awarded annually to the winning team of the NBA Finals, the league's championship series that concludes the playoffs. The NBA playoffs begin in April after the conclusion of the regular season and play-in tournament with the top eight teams in each conference, [155] regardless of divisional alignment ...
On February 25, the Golden State Warriors became the quickest team in NBA history to clinch a playoff spot, beating the record set by last year's Warriors team by two days (February 27). [ 162 ] On February 27, Stephen Curry shot 0-for-11 on three-point attempts in a win against the Philadelphia 76ers , becoming just the fourth player in NBA ...