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The 1996 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1995–96 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls defeating the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 2. Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP for a then record fourth time.
He surpassed Chris Andersen 's previous record of 13/13 FG made at 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals series. [33] This was the third instance (following the 2015 and 2023 playoffs) where both conference finals series had teams go up 3–0 in the series. Just like in 2015, the Celtics would go on to complete the sweep in the East, while the ...
NBA Eastern Conference standings As of March 23, the Pacers have a 94.1% chance of making the playoffs -- and a 67.0% of being in the top 6 -- according to Basketball Reference: Team
The Lakers became the second seven-seeded team to reach the conference finals, joining the 1987 Seattle SuperSonics. [4] All four teams in the conference finals from the 2020 Bubble returned to the 2023 conference finals. Like the aforementioned season, the Heat and Celtics have both beaten the Bucks and 76ers, respectively.
Yet despite all of that, when the regular season ended Sunday, Tom Thibodeau's team had secured the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a thrilling 120-119 overtime victory over the Chicago ...
The NBA first started awarding an Eastern Conference championship trophy during the 2000–01 season, renaming it after Hall of Famer Bob Cousy in the 2021–22 season. [1] Also in 2021–22, the league began awarding the Larry Bird Trophy to the Eastern Conference Finals Most Valuable Player , named after Hall of Famer Larry Bird .
The NBA first awarded conference championship trophies in 2001. [4] In 2022, both were redesigned, and named the Bob Cousy Trophy for the Eastern Conference and the Oscar Robertson Trophy for the Western Conference, in honor of two men who were instrumental in developing and advancing the players' labor union, the National Basketball Players Association.
The NBA Board of Governors approved a format for the 2021–22 season to have a play-in tournament involving the teams ranked 7th through 10th in each conference. The 7th-place team and 8th-place team participated in a "double-chance" game, with the winner advancing to the playoffs as the 7-seed.