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The 2009 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season.The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals, four games to one. The 2008 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2008, and Derrick Rose was selected first overall by the Chicago Bulls and eventually was awarded the 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. The 2009 NBA All-Star Game was hosted at the US Airways Center in Phoenix ...
The 2009 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2008–09 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.A best-of-seven playoff series starting on June 4 and concluding on June 14, 2009, it was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, and the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic. [1]
The Celtics and Heat will play to take on the Warriors in the NBA Finals. Eastern Conference finals Game 7: Celtics and Heat set for winner-take-all and NBA Finals date vs. Warriors Skip to main ...
The Magic shot an NBA Finals single-game record 75% in the first half, and a record 62.5% for the entire game. [8] The Magic had lost their first six NBA Finals games (four in 1995 and two in 2009). June 14: The Magic's season ended, having lost the NBA Finals in five games to the Lakers.
The Conference (or Division) Finals have used this format since 1958; [2] the Conference (or Division) Semifinals since 1968; [3] and the First Round since 2003. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] During the 1947 and 1948 playoffs, in which teams from different divisions met each other in the opening rounds, the first-place teams from each division played a best-of ...
The 25-year-old Boston Celtics forward scored 17 of his Game 7 record 51 points in a masterful third quarter, burying the Philadelphia 76ers under the weight of an electric home crowd.
The third Game 7 between the franchises — the Knicks won in the 1994 Eastern Conference finals and the Pacers pulled out a 97-95 victory the next year in the East semifinals — was a chance for the Pacers to show off the offense that led the NBA with 123.3 points per game.