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The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
The 11th team in NBA history to lose a playoff series after taking a 3–1 playoff series lead (lost 3–4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals), and the only team to do so in the NBA Finals. Only team in NBA history to finish with same number of regular season and postseason losses (9)
The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The NBA Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's postseason. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.
Aside from the NBA Playoff appearance streaks, this list also includes the NBA Finals appearance streak and the NBA championships win streak. On March 24, 1971, the Philadelphia 76ers (formerly known as the Syracuse Nationals) set an NBA record of 22 consecutive playoff appearances in the time between the 1950 NBA playoffs and the 1971 NBA ...
Those 23 misses are an NBA record for most free throws missed by a player in a game. [39] However, the Pistons still won the game 123-114. On November 28, 2023, the Boston Celtics employed Hack-a-Drummond up 32 points against the Chicago Bulls — the Celtics needed to win by at least 23 points to be guaranteed a spot in the NBA In-Season ...
In the 2016–17 season, the Golden State Warriors posted a season-best 67–15 regular-season record and began the 2017 playoffs with a 15-game win-streak, the most consecutive wins in NBA playoff history. They went on to win the NBA Championship with a 16–1 (.941 winning percentage) record, the best playoff record in NBA history. [1]
The end result was a made 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left and an incredible 56-53 win for the Hoover High School boys basketball team over previously unbeaten Massillon on Tuesday evening.
Basketball leagues outside the NBA tend to be shorter than the NBA's 82-game season, thus making a perfect season more achievable. As of 2023, the 2015–16 Golden State Warriors have the best ever regular-season record in the NBA, with a record of 73–9, breaking the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls record of 72–10.