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Lakers win their first NBA Finals matchup over the Celtics. Lakers become the first team to clinch the NBA Championship at Boston against the Celtics and the only time they've done so. 1985–86: Celtics: 2–0: Celtics 110–95: Celtics 105–99: Celtics, 169–112: Celtics finish with the best record in the league (67–15). Celtics win 1986 ...
The Lakers had been unsuccessful in their previous eight attempts to defeat the Celtics in the NBA Finals, losing 7 times from 1959–1969 and 1984. The Lakers, moreover, won the title in Boston, something no other NBA team would accomplish until 2022 , and would be the only road team to clinch the title at Boston Garden .
Most assists in a quarter, finals; 8 by Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics (vs. St. Louis Hawks) on April 9, 1957; 8 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics) on June 3, 1984; 8 by Robert Reid, Houston Rockets (vs. Boston Celtics) on June 5, 1986; 8 by Michael Cooper and Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics) on June 4, 1987
The Celtics had home court advantage for the second year in a row as they finished the regular season with a 63–19 record while the Lakers compiled a 62–20 record. The Lakers looked to bounce back from the previous year's painful loss to the Celtics in the championship series, and were still seeking to beat Boston for the first time ever in ...
Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers vs Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers: Lakers, 5–1 1950, 1954, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2001: 5 Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks: Lakers, 3–2 1952, 1953, 1970, 1972, 1973: 4 Boston Celtics vs St. Louis Hawks (Atlanta Hawks) Celtics, 3–1 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961: 4: Golden State Warriors vs ...
The 1987 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1986–87 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2.
The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Celtics in the conference finals before losing to the Lakers in the 1980 NBA Finals, with Johnson earning Finals MVP honors for his Game 6 performance. Since then Bird won a championship in 1981 , then Magic led the Lakers to the finals in 1982 and 1983 , winning in the former.
The Celtics swept the Lakers 4–0. This was the start of the streak of the Celtics' eight consecutive championships, from 1959 to 1966. To date, this is the most recent time that an NBA team from Minnesota appeared in an NBA Finals, as well as the first of two times in NBA history that a team with a losing record made the NBA Finals (the other ...