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All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
The competition oversaw further name changes to NBA World Championship Series from 1950 to 1985, as well as a brief stint as the Showdown, before settling on NBA Finals in 1986. [1] Since 2018, it has been officially known as the NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV for sponsorship reasons .
Victory in this year’s Finals would give the Celtics a record-breaking 18th NBA title, taking them past the Los Angeles Lakers as the most successful franchise in the league. Jayson Tatum is ...
Joe Mazzulla led the Celtics to the NBA Finals in his second season as their head coach. The Boston Celtics finished the regular season with the best record in the NBA, at 64–18. [3] In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the Miami Heat in a rematch of the previous year's Eastern Conference Finals, and won the series 4–1. [4]
Horford is a five-time NBA All-Star, was an NBA All-Defensive Second Team selection (2018) and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2008. DALLAS MAVERICKS Luka Dončić
One of those Finals MVP campaigns came when Johnson was just a rookie no less, in 1979-80 when the then-20-year-old led the Lakers to a championship by averaging 21.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 8.7 ...
The 2017 NBA Finals featuring the same two teams was the most watched NBA Final series on ABC averaging an 11.3 rating / 22 share and 20.38 million viewers. Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals registered the network's highest rated and most watched NBA game with an average 15.8 rating / 29 share and 31.02 million viewers. [2]
Yet Golden State lost to the Cavaliers and LeBron James in a seven-game NBA Finals. The Cavs are now the fourth team to start 10-0 since 2000, joining the 2000-01 Philadelphia 76ers , 2002-03 ...