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The contest drew 18,389 fans, the Jazz's largest home crowd since moving from New Orleans before the 1979–80 season. [123] Abdul-Jabbar receiving a pass from Magic Johnson during the 1985 NBA Finals. Abdul-Jabbar won his second Finals MVP in 1985, [113] when he became the oldest to win the award at 38 years and 54 days old. [124]
g Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after winning his first championship. He also won two championships as an assistant coach with the Lakers in 2009 and 2010. [93] h Nelson was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a coach. i Kerr won additional championships in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022 as head coach of the Golden State ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once again had a big game with 33 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and three assists as the Lakers cruised to a 111–101 win. Julius Erving scored the only three-pointer of the series (and first in NBA Finals history) in this game.
The Lakers earned the league's best record with a 63–19 record in the 1989–90 NBA season, despite losing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to retirement. However the Lakers fell to the Phoenix Suns 4–1 in the Western Conference Semifinals (a team that featured former Laker Kurt Rambis ), after which head coach Pat Riley resigned and became, after a ...
The 1985 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1984–85 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. It featured the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference playoff champion Boston Celtics against the Western Conference playoff champion Los Angeles Lakers .
Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who did it three times), John Stockton (twice), Michael Jordan, Robert Parish and Karl Malone have averaged more than 10 points in a season after turning 40.
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 NBA Finals jersey worn by Milwaukee Bucks great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, ... both the 1970 playoffs in his rookie season and the regular season and postseason in 1971. Abdul-Jabbar had 27 ...