• The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1980–81 season, and the culmination of...
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    rematch of the 1981 NBA Finals (though only Allen Leavell and Robert Reid remained from the Rockets' 1981 team). It was the second and last NBA Championship...
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  • record was eclipsed two years later when the finals ended on June 12, 1984. The Lakers were stunned in the 1981 NBA Playoffs by the Houston Rockets in a 3-game...
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  • The 2024 NBA Finals is the ongoing championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2023–24 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs...
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  • The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven-game...
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  • Spurs in the 2013 NBA Finals, it was the last Finals loss by a team from Texas (Houston lost in 1981 and 1986) versus eight Finals victories (five by...
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  • named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the fourth time in his career. He became the first player in league history to be named Finals MVP with...
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  • The 1984 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1983–84 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs...
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  • 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...
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  • Celtics. It was Boston's third trip to the NBA Finals and Minneapolis's sixth. This was the first Finals meeting in the history of the Celtics-Lakers...
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    to beat Boston for the first time ever in NBA Finals history. Also for the first time since 1955, the Finals implemented a 2–3–2 format with Games 1 and...
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  • The 2017 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2016–17 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs....
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  • The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season. A rematch of the 2006 Finals, the series...
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  • suffered the second Finals sweep of his career, having also played in the 2007 Finals. Warriors small forward Kevin Durant was named NBA Finals MVP for the second...
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  • The 2015 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2014–15 season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
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  • The 2007 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2006–07 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs....
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  • 1981 World Series is the last matchup in the 20th century, and the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals is the latest). 1972–73 NBA season 1973 NBA Playoffs NBA History...
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  • The NBA conference finals are the Eastern and Western Conference championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA), a major professional...
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  • first NBA finals by defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons in the semifinals and the two-time defending champion Minneapolis Lakers in the division finals while...
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  • The 2012 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2011–12 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
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  • since the 1969 NBA Finals. The award is decided by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes after the conclusion of the Finals. The person with...
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  • The 2000 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1999–2000 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs...
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  • broadcast NBA Finals games in the United States and Canada over the years. In addition to the English-language broadcasts, the NBA Finals also have Spanish-language...
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  • The 2005 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2004–05 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs...
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  • titles in 8 Finals appearances since 1981. This was the first of 16 consecutive NBA Finals to be televised by CBS. It was the only NBA Finals called by...
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    Super Bowl XV to the Oakland Raiders in January 1981. Of note, this marked the first of the ten NBA Finals played in the 1980s, all of which featured either...
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  • for NBA Finals in the United States, based on Nielsen viewing data. The highest rated and most watched NBA Finals series was the 1998 NBA Finals between...
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  • The 1981–82 NBA season was the 36th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship...
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  • back to the NBA Finals in 1993, but they would fall to the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls in six games. The Suns would make the Finals again in 2021...
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  • 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBA Finals, their first title in franchise history. The Milwaukee Bucks entered the...
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