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The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
Most consecutive NBA Finals appearances by a player; 10 by Bill Russell (1957–66) Best record for NBA Finals series outcomes [72] 8–0 by K.C. Jones, Satch Sanders, and John Havlicek; Only players to win an Olympic gold medal, NCAA title, and NBA title; Clyde Lovellette — Olympics, 1952; NCAA, 1952; NBA, 1954, 1963–64
The Rockets were only the second team in NBA history to make the Finals after posting a losing record in the regular season, and the Celtics had an NBA best record of 62–20. The Celtics won the Finals in 6 games. The Lakers returned to the Finals in 1982, this time led by new coach Pat Riley, in a rematch against the 76ers. The 76ers defeated ...
Games played during the IST are included in a team's regular season results and thus, count toward a team's win-loss record, except the NBA Cup Finals. [4] [5] At the end of the regular season, 12 teams (the top 6 seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference) will have clinched an NBA playoffs berth.
Game 7 was the third most-watched game in NBA history, with 28.2 million viewers (No. 1 being Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, No. 2 being Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals). [141] Game 7 was watched by an average audience of 1.1 million viewers on TSN, making it the largest Canadian audience ever recorded for an NBA game. [ 142 ]
L.A. eventually beat the Kings in 7 and went on to win their third straight NBA championship. [30] June 19, 2005, NBA Finals, Game 5, San Antonio Spurs at Detroit Pistons. Horry inbounded to Manu Ginóbili, who was cornered by two Pistons defenders. Ginóbili passed it back to Horry on the left wing, who then hit a three-pointer with 5.9 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. McNichols Arena in Denver was the site of the highest-scoring game in NBA history. Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix was the site of the highest-scoring playoff game. In basketball, points are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making ...