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The 2008 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2007–08 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals .
The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007–08 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.A best-of-seven playoff series that was played from June 5–17, 2008, the series was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics and the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Up until April 4, 2008, not a single Western Conference team had secured a playoff spot, and the eighth-seeded team was a mere 6.5 games behind the first seed. Additionally, the quality of the teams ensured that the Golden State Warriors finished with the highest winning percentage of any non-playoff team in NBA history since the switch to the ...
The Lakers had the third best team offensive rating and the fifth best team defensive rating in the NBA. [1] In the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets in four games in the First Round, defeated the Utah Jazz in six games in the Semifinals, and defeated the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in five games in the conference ...
The booby prizes are berths in the double-elimination bracket of the play-in tournament. (In the play-in, which begins on Tuesday, the seventh- and eighth-place teams play a single game.
The Los Angeles Lakers booked a place in the NBA Playoffs after beating the New Orleans Pelicans, 110-106, despite a 40-point game from Zion Williamson. ... The two teams open their best-of-seven ...
2010 NBA playoffs: OKC falls in first round OKC made it to the playoffs as the No. 8 seed and had a respectable series against the eventual champion Lakers, which beat the Thunder in six games.
The Lakers had the third best team offensive rating in the NBA. [4] Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol were both selected for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, with head coach Phil Jackson coaching the Western Conference, and with Bryant winning his third All-Star Game MVP award. Bryant finished second in league MVP voting, averaging 26.8 points, 5 ...