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The 1984 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1983–84 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. [1] The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers in seven games.
It was the first NBA Finals meeting between the Celtics and Lakers since 1969; they met 7 times in the Finals from 1959 to 1969, with Boston coming out on top each year. Going into the 1984 playoffs, the Lakers had already won 2 titles in the 1980s and the Celtics 1, making the revival of the Celtics–Lakers rivalry arguably inevitable and ...
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven ... 1968, 1969, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2008, 2010: 6 Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers vs Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia ...
The Lakers, powered by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who broke the NBA's all-time total points record) and Magic Johnson with his 13.1 assists per game (tops in '84), ended up winning 54 games in the 1983–84 NBA season. On April 5, 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a 12-foot shot over Mark Eaton of the Utah Jazz to surpass Wilt Chamberlain as the NBA's ...
The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association ... The Celtics and Lakers met in the Finals in 1984, 1985, and 1987. In 1984 ...
[7] [125] The team advanced to the 1984 NBA Finals but lost to Boston. [125] Abdul-Jabbar receiving a pass from Magic Johnson during the 1985 NBA Finals. The 1984–85 season was expected to be Abdul-Jabbar's final season, as he had maintained since breaking Chamberlain's record that he would be retiring.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. American basketball player (born 1956) For the Canadian football player, see Larry Bird (Canadian football). For the painter, see Larry Bird (artist). For the American politician, see Larry Byrd. Larry Bird Bird in 2004 Indiana Pacers Position Consultant League NBA Personal information ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024) For other people with similar names, see William Walton (disambiguation). Bill Walton Walton with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 Personal information Born (1952-11-05) November 5, 1952 La Mesa, California, U.S. Died May 27 ...