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The Boston Celtics won 11 of the 12 NBA Finals they reached during 13 seasons (1956–57 to 1968–69), including eight straight NBA championships from 1959 through 1966. [9] During this time the St. Louis Hawks also won their only title before moving to Atlanta and the Philadelphia 76ers won their first title since relocating from Syracuse.
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.
It was because of the play of Michael Jordan that basketball started to reach international audiences, especially on the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, known as the Dream Team. [40] After his final championship and second retirement in 1998, there was a void as in who would be the face of basketball.
The 1960s were dominated by the Celtics. Led by Russell, Cousy, and Auerbach, Boston won eight straight championships in the NBA from 1959 to 1966. This championship streak is the longest in the history of American professional sports. [33] They did not win the title in 1966–67, but regained it in the 1967–68 season and repeated in 1969 ...
The Celtics became the first team in NBA history to overcome a 2–0 series deficit to win the championship. This series is also notable in that West, with an average of nearly 38 points a game, won the Finals Most Valuable Player award, despite being on the losing team. This was the first year a Finals MVP award was given, and it remains the ...
The final two rounds of the knockout stage are played at a neutral site. The winning team receives the trophy, also called the NBA Cup, and each winning player receives a cash prize, which was $500,000 for the 2023 edition. [2] The first winner of the NBA Cup was the Los Angeles Lakers, with the tournament MVP being LeBron James. [3]
During the 2021–22 season, the Lakers finished the season with a 33–49 record, one game behind the last spot for the NBA play-in tournament. Following the season, head coach Frank Vogel was fired on April 11, 2022. [159] During the 2022–23 season. The Lakers started the season 0–5, the last winless team in the NBA.
The NBA was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1] The NBA adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when the BAA merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The league currently consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the United States and 1 in Canada.