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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. All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are ...
Parish, who played with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, played his last season with the Chicago Bulls at the age of 43. [6] He played in 1,611 regular season games during his 21-year career, more than any other player in NBA history. [4] When the Bulls won the 1997 Finals, Parish became the oldest player ever to win the NBA championship. There ...
The winners of the Conference finals advance to the finals to determine the NBA champions. The Boston Celtics have had or tied for the best regular season record a record 19 times. They won the Eastern Conference 11 times, while the Los Angeles Lakers won the Western Conference 19 times. The Celtics have won 18 NBA championships, the most in ...
Highest Real Plus/Minus (RPM) since tracking began 1996-97, season; 11.78 by Nikola Jokic, 2021–22 [359] Highest Player Impact Estimate (PIE) since tracking began 1996-97, season; 23.9 by Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2019–20 [360] Highest Win Probability Added (WPA) since tracking began 1996-97, season; 11.08 by DeMar DeRozan, 2021–22 [361]
Jerry West won the scoring title in 1970, averaging 31.2 points per game. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won scoring titles in 1971 and 1972. Allen Iverson won scoring titles in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Kobe Bryant won scoring titles in 2006 and 2007. LeBron James won the scoring title in 2008 en route to becoming the NBA's all-time scoring leader in 2023.
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.
This article contains two charts: The first chart is a list of the top 50 all-time scorers in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes only points scored in regular season games. The second chart is a progressive list of the leading all-time NBA scorers. [1] LeBron James is the leading scorer in NBA history.
LeBron Raymone James Sr. (/ ləˈbrɒn /; [1] lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " King James ", he is widely recognized as one of the greatest players in the sport's history and is often compared with Michael Jordan ...