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In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a game seven is the final game of a best-of-seven series in the NBA playoffs. Based on the playoffs format arrangement, it is played in the venue of the team holding home-court advantage for the series. The necessity of a game seven is not known until the outcome of game six is determined, assuming ...
Miami won game 7 on the road by a score of 103–84, earning their seventh overall NBA Finals appearance. [19] Butler was named the Eastern Conference Finals MVP , while Caleb Martin , who averaged just 9.6 points in the regular season, finished the conference finals averaging 19.3 points. [ 20 ]
Notably, this was the Lakers' first Game 7 win over the Celtics in Finals history, [50] Boston had won all previous matchups. [24] Moreover, the Lakers were now 3–9 against Boston since the two teams first competed against each other in the 1959 NBA Finals. [51]
1988 →. The 1987 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1986–87 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference and defending NBA champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2. The key moment of the series was Magic ...
The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association 's (NBA) 2012–13 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs, played from June 6 to 20, 2013. [1] [2] [3] The defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, who were favored to win the series, [4] [5] [6] defeated the Western ...
This season's Finals marked the first time in NBA history in which both teams entered Game 7 with the same total points scored through six games (610 points each). The Cavaliers defeated the Warriors 93–89 in Game 7 to win the series 4–3. Game 7 was close, with 20 lead changes and 11 ties.
The Los Angeles Lakers had won 55 games in the regular season (2nd best to the Baltimore Bullets' 57 wins), seven more than their perennial rivals, the Boston Celtics, and therefore held homecourt advantage for the first time ever in an NBA Finals meeting vs. the Russell-led Celtics. Both teams had their share of problems in the regular season.
1970 NBA Finals. The 1970 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1970 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the 1969–70 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The Eastern Division champion New York Knicks defeated the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers in seven games for their first NBA title.