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The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the shortened 1998–99 NBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs took on the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks for the title, with the Spurs holding home court advantage . [ 1 ]
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
The 1999 Knicks and the 2023 Miami Heat are the only eighth seeded teams (as of 2023) to advance past the conference semifinals. After losing to the Knicks, the Hawks did not return to the playoffs until 2008. This was the last NBA postseason to feature back–to–backs in the conference semifinals until 2012.
Hall of Famer, who won championships with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics after starring at UCLA, lost his fight with cancer. Bill Walton, who won 2 NBA championships, 2 college ...
1999 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs over the New York Knicks 4-1. MVP: Tim Duncan. 1999 NBA Playoffs, 1998-99 NBA season, 1999 NBA draft; Eurobasket: Italy 64, Spain 56; Women WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-1. MVP: Cynthia Cooper. 1999 WNBA Playoffs, 1999 WNBA season, 1999 WNBA draft, 1999 WNBA All-Star Game; Eurobasket ...
The 1999 Quabbin basketball team poses for a team photo, with their team mission printed above. The team, which won the Central Mass. title and the Clark Tournament, is being celebrated at the ...
The 1998–99 NBA season was the 53rd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, after a new six-year collective bargaining agreement was reached between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association.
1999 NBA Finals – the San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 1, to win the franchise's first championship. The Spurs also became the first former ABA team to win an NBA title, while the Knicks were the first number eight seed in NBA history to make it to the NBA Finals .