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The 1986 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1985–86 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Larry Bird was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time.
National Basketball Association: Sport: Basketball: Duration: October 25, 1985 – April 13, 1986 April 17 – May 21, 1986 (Playoffs) May 26 – June 8, 1986 (Finals) Number of teams: 23: TV partner(s) CBS, TBS: Draft; Top draft pick: Patrick Ewing: Picked by: New York Knicks: Regular season; Top seed: Boston Celtics: Season MVP: Larry Bird ...
The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.It pitted the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets, in a rematch of the 1981 NBA Finals (though only Allen Leavell and Robert Reid remained from the Rockets' 1981 team).
The 1985–86 Houston Rockets season saw the Rockets lose the 1986 NBA Finals to the Larry Bird-led Boston Celtics in six games.. In the playoffs, the Rockets swept the Sacramento Kings in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Denver Nuggets in six games in the Semifinals, before dethroning the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the conference finals after ...
The 1985–86 NBA season was the Nuggets' 10th season in the NBA and 19th season as a franchise. [1]In the playoffs, the Nuggets defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in four games in the First Round before losing to the eventual Western Conference Champion Houston Rockets in six games in the Semi-finals.
The 1986–87 Boston Celtics season was the 41st season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, having defeated the Houston Rockets in the 1986 NBA Finals in six games, winning their sixteenth NBA championship.
Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Walter Berry, St. John's; NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player: Keith Smart, Indiana; Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Eddie Sutton, Kentucky; Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Adolph Rupp; Women Naismith College Player of the Year: Cheryl ...
The 1985–86 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 16th season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Blazers finished 40–42, sixth in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.