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The 11th team in NBA history to lose a playoff series after taking a 3–1 playoff series lead (lost 3–4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals), and the only team to do so in the NBA Finals. Only team in NBA history to finish with same number of regular season and postseason losses (9)
The Celtics have won 18 NBA championships, the most in NBA history. The Lakers also have a record 32 Finals appearances. The Celtics and the Lakers had played each other in the Finals for a record 12 times. The Celtics won 9 of their matchups while the Lakers have only won 3. The best single regular season record was recorded by the Golden ...
Shortest player to make the All-NBA team; Isaiah Thomas (5-foot-9-inches) was included on All-NBA Second Team, 2016–17 [22] Youngest/Oldest MVP winner; Youngest: Derrick Rose at 22 years and 191 days old, 2010–11 [23] Oldest: Karl Malone at 35 years and 284 days old, 1998–99; Youngest/Oldest Defensive Player of the Year winner
The Cleveland Cavaliers became the sixth NBA team to begin their season 14-0 with a 144-126 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday. Cleveland joins the 1957-58 Boston Celtics (14-0), 2002-03 Dallas ...
The NBA has two conferences. So far this century, one has been far superior to the other. Decades of dominance: Western Conference teams are 37-18 against Eastern Conference teams this season ...
Also like with single season championships, no city has won more than two titles in a single calendar year. Philadelphia is the only city to have all four major sports teams (MLB's Phillies , NBA's 76ers , NFL's Eagles , and NHL's Flyers ) play in their respective championship game or series in the same season (1980), though only one of the ...
Interestingly, the last NBA team to start 10-0 during the past 20 seasons was the Warriors, who did so during the 2015-16 season. That team set a league record with a 24-0 start on their way to ...
Training camps allow the coaching staff to evaluate players (especially rookies), scout the team's strengths and weaknesses, prepare the players for the rigorous regular season and determine the 12-man active roster (and a 3-man inactive list) with which they will begin the regular season. Teams have the ability to assign players with less than ...