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Games played during the IST are included in a team's regular season results and thus, count toward a team's win-loss record, except the NBA Cup Finals. [4] [5] At the end of the regular season, 12 teams (the top 6 seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference) will have clinched an NBA playoffs berth.
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
The 1949–50 CCNY team won both tournaments (defeating Bradley in both finals), and is the only college basketball team to accomplish this feat. [15] By the mid-1950s, the NCAA Tournament became the more prestigious of the two events, [ 16 ] and in 1971 the NCAA barred universities from playing in other tournaments, such as the NIT, if they ...
The team remained a power until after the 2011 lockout, but lost to the Warriors in 2022. However the team returned to championship glory in 2024, where they became a powerhouse with 64 wins. The Celtics are 27–9 all-time in seventh games of playoff series, [2] and 7–1 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
The NCAA officially recorded assists for two seasons in the early 1950s, but discontinued the practice after the 1951–52 season, not resuming until the 1984–85 season. Steals and blocks were not officially added as NCAA statistics until the 1986–87 season.
The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The NBA Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's postseason. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.
The longest winning streaks in National Basketball Association (NBA) history are presented on two lists. One list counts only regular-season games, including streaks that started in one season and carried over into the following season.
[1] [2] The league ceased operations in 1976 with the ABA–NBA merger and four teams from the ABA continued play in the National Basketball Association. [3] All ABA Finals were in best-of-seven format and were contested between the winners of the Eastern Division and the Western Division finals.