Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Throughout more than 76 seasons, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has had many intense rivalries. This article lists some of the famous rivalries in the NBA. Rivalries are classified into three primary groups; intradivisional, interdivisional, and interconference.
This rivalry is noted as being the oldest high school football rivalry West of the Mississippi River. There were no games held from 1908–1920. There were no games held from 1908–1920. Played at Pueblo's Dutch Clark Stadium, known as The Bell Game as the winning school takes possession of an old train bell which was donated as a trophy in 1950.
Celtics appear in ten consecutive NBA Finals, an NBA record and tying a North American professional sports record with the NHL's Montreal Canadiens (1951–1960) and NFL's Cleveland Browns (1946–1955). Celtics win eight consecutive NBA Finals championships, a record in all North American professional sports. 1966–67: Celtics: 5–4: Celtics ...
Two of those games had major moments. On November 24, Klay Thompson hit a game winning layup to defeat the Kings 117–116. On January 5, the Warriors and Kings set a then NBA record 41 threes in a game. Stephen Curry scored 42 points in a 127-123 Warriors win. In the 2023–2024 season, the teams hit clutch shots against each other.
Smits enjoyed his best NBA season, averaged career highs of 17.9 points and 7.7 rebounds, Miller continued to lead the team with 19.6 points per game with a .415 3-point percentage (15th in the league) and a .897 free throw percentage (4th in the league) and was a starter in the 1995 NBA All-Star Game and member of the All-NBA Third Team.
Bulls finish with the best record in the league and also set a record for most wins in a season at the time (72–10) (Broken by the 2015 73–9 Warriors). Bulls win 1996 NBA Finals. 1996–97: Bulls: 3–1: Bulls, 2–0: Tie, 1–1: Bulls, 98–54: Bulls finish with the best record in the league (67–15). Bulls win 1997 NBA Finals. 1997–98 ...
Last time in the rivalry Knicks held the overall series record over the Celtics. Celtics win 1959 NBA Finals. 1959–60: Celtics: 12–1: Celtics, 4–1: Celtics, 6–0: Celtics, 2–0: Celtics 78–72: Neutral game sites were played at Rhode Island Auditorium; Onondaga War Memorial; Celtics take the overall series record over the Knicks for ...
Oldest: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest player to start in a playoff game, he logged about 29 minutes, scored 7 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and had 3 assists in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Detroit Pistons at the age of 42 years, 58 days on June 13, 1989, game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals.