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The NBA often schedules showdowns between greatest players on Christmas Day, such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James (both pictured) in 2009 and 2010.. The first NBA game played on December 25 came in 1947, a year after the NBA's inception, when the New York Knicks beat the Providence Steamrollers at Madison Square Garden 89–75. [1]
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
The NBA is also the only league that regularly schedules games on Christmas Day. [160] The league has been playing games regularly on the holiday since 1947, [161] though the first Christmas Day games were not televised until 1983–84. [162] Games played on this day have featured some of the best teams and players.
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
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Most steals in a game without a field goal attempt or free throw attempt; 5 by Ben Wallace vs. the Orlando Magic on January 2, 2012 [541] Most steals in a game without a personal foul; 10 by T. J. McConnell, Indiana Pacers (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers) on March 3, 2021 [542] Most steals in a game on Christmas Day; 7 by Kyrie Irving (in 2016) [102]
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
The 2016–17 season was the first in which the NBA held an awards show after the completion of the Finals, [10] during which the winners of all season-long individual awards are announced [11] except for the winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, which continued to be announced during the playoffs until 2017 [12] and in 2018 was ...