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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.
The format of the finals from 1984 to 2013 used the 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in games one, two, six and seven). [131] In the past, there have been several other formats used in the playoffs.
All NBA Finals have been played ... (the team with the better regular season record plays on its home court in games 1, 2, 5, and 7), ... 1976, 1977, 1979–1984, and ...
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 ...
On this day, point guard Gerald Henderson stole the ball to secure a critical Game 2 win vs. the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1984 NBA Finals.
The series: The Heat won Games 1, 3 and 5 and the Knicks countered by winning Games 2, 4 and 6.. Game 7: Mourning made Ewing, in his 15th season, look creaky while scoring 14 first-quarter points.
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The Lakers defended their title in the 1988 NBA Finals, winning the series in 7 games against the Pistons. They became the first team to win back-to-back NBA titles since 1969. [ 16 ] Seeking a three-peat in 1989 , the Lakers were swept by the Pistons in a rematch of the previous year's Finals.