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The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1993–94 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The Western Conference champion Houston Rockets played the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks for the championship, with the Rockets holding home court advantage in the best of seven series.
Of those, only six went into overtime, and one into double overtime. 39 game sevens have been won by the road team. [7] Every active NBA franchise has played in at least one game seven. There have been thirteen NBA playoff seasons in which no game seven was played: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, and 1999.
The Pacers advanced within one game of the NBA Finals, but lost Games 6 and 7 of the Eastern Conference finals to the Knicks. This was the first time since the ABA–NBA merger prior to the 1976–77 season that all former ABA teams (Pacers, Nuggets, Spurs, and Nets) made the playoffs in the same year.
In the 1994 NBA Finals, they defeated the New York Knicks in seven games after trailing 3–2, [46] [47] [48] and won their first championship in franchise history. It was the Rockets' third NBA finals appearance, after 1981 and 1986. Olajuwon was the only player of the 1985–86 Rockets to still be on the 1993–94 team. By winning the Finals ...
All NBA Finals have been played ... (the team with the better regular season record plays on its home court in games 1, 2, 5, and 7), ... 1972, 1994, 1999: Houston ...
The Celtics have made history just by forcing a Game 7, joining the 2003 Portland Trail Blazers, 1994 Denver Nuggets and 1951 New York Knicks in evening a series after being down 3-0.
The Lakers defended their title in the 1988 NBA Finals, winning the series in 7 games against the Pistons. They became the first team to win back-to-back NBA titles since 1969. [ 16 ] Seeking a three-peat in 1989 , the Lakers were swept by the Pistons in a rematch of the previous year's Finals.
The series: The Heat won Games 1, 3 and 5 and the Knicks countered by winning Games 2, 4 and 6.. Game 7: Mourning made Ewing, in his 15th season, look creaky while scoring 14 first-quarter points.